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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. What includes the studies of literature, rhetoric and history?
(a) Liberal arts.
(b) Bachelor of arts.
(c) Fine arts.
(d) Still life art.

2. What type of studies does Letter XII use as an example?
(a) Singing studies.
(b) Religious studies.
(c) Inner studies of oneself.
(d) Drama studies.

3. In Letter VII, what does Lucilius accuse Seneca of being?
(a) A loser.
(b) A corrupt politician.
(c) An illegitimate child.
(d) A hypocrite.

4. Who is the author of all that happens in the world, according to Seneca?
(a) Zeus and Jupiter.
(b) God.
(c) Seneca.
(d) Yourself.

5. What does Seneca say is the greatest of all arts?
(a) Religion.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Sculpting.
(d) Painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is praised for his virtue and dedication to studies in Letter II?

2. In Letter XVI, what kind of life is said to have no direction?

3. Who spends hours quibbling over meaningless logical puzzles, according to Seneca?

4. What is the unusual transgression about, ending Letter LXXXVI?

5. Who wrote the "Aeneid?"

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