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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters CIV, CV, CVII, and CVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Seneca as he comforts Lucilius, what is the death of a friend a reminder to do?
(a) Not to get close to people because they will only die.
(b) To send notes to the grieving family.
(c) To take better care of yourself.
(d) To appreciate your friends in life.

2. What does Seneca recount taking a ride on in Letter LV?
(a) A large unnamed creature.
(b) A horse.
(c) His sedan chair.
(d) A chariot.

3. In Letter XII, what does Seneca notice about one of his properties?
(a) It is not rented.
(b) It is delapidated.
(c) The tenants changed it without permission.
(d) It has burned down.

4. According to Seneca, what destroyed man's harmonic relationship with nature?
(a) War.
(b) The Iliad.
(c) Love.
(d) Greed.

5. Whose first instinct is it to incorporate wisdom into his life and actions?
(a) The literary scholar.
(b) The priest.
(c) The philosopher.
(d) The teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Seneca, who has a misguided interest in philosophy?

2. What does Seneca say many slave-owners foolishly think?

3. According to Seneca, if one begins taking lessons other than philosophy, what happens?

4. How much duty does Seneca say one must must fulfill before his life ends?

5. Who objects to Posidinus' claims about past rulers and technological inventions?

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