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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters LXXXIII, LXXXVI, and LXXXVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Seneca say he decided not to commit suicide?
(a) He fell in love with a woman.
(b) For his father's sake.
(c) He snapped out of his depression.
(d) He was too afraid.

2. According to Seneca in Letter LXXXVIII, what should man not strive to become?
(a) A good man.
(b) A learned man.
(c) A pleasant man.
(d) A religious man.

3. What does Seneca name as never too great for a man to endure, thanks to nature's way of minimizing them?
(a) Loves.
(b) Heartbreaks.
(c) Choices.
(d) Pains.

4. Seneca says though one may suffer more or less in life, the suffering is surrounded by what on either side?
(a) Nothingness.
(b) Deep tranquility.
(c) Unknown pain.
(d) Somewhat peaceful rest.

5. Who advises that one ought to imagine being watched by some great, virtuous figure at all times in order to check one's own behavior?
(a) Seneca.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Epicurius.
(d) Plato.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the "Aeneid?"

2. Who says that hope is the cause of fear?

3. Which of Lucilius' friends dies?

4. What is symptomatic of excessive attachment to the body, according to Seneca?

5. What creates certain habits of study and thought which are actually useful?

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