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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. What is an example of unrehearsed communication?
(a) Public oratory.
(b) Music.
(c) Letter writing.
(d) A speech.

2. According to Seneca, what must one seek between extremes in all matters?
(a) Love.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Truth.
(d) Balance.

3. Who, according to Seneca, is deliberate and prepared?
(a) A general.
(b) A priest.
(c) A wise man.
(d) A public servant.

4. Who thinks they are the most virtuous people, according to Senenca?
(a) Governmental leaders.
(b) Religious leaders.
(c) Slave owners.
(d) The most wicked people.

5. Why do people become slaves, according to Seneca?
(a) It is by their fortune.
(b) It is their choice.
(c) It is by their merit.
(d) It is punishment for a crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Seneca say a wise man should act toward the festival celebrated in Letter XVII?

2. According to Seneca, where are the sharpest pains?

3. Seneca says though one may suffer more or less in life, the suffering is surrounded by what on either side?

4. What type of studies does Letter XII use as an example?

5. What includes the studies of literature, rhetoric and history?

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