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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters CXIV, CXXII, and CXXIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Seneca recommend avoiding in Letter VII?
(a) The masses.
(b) People without shoes.
(c) Prostitutes.
(d) Religious zealots.

2. Who is praised for his virtue and dedication to studies in Letter II?
(a) Seneca.
(b) Lucilius.
(c) Zeno.
(d) Plato.

3. According to Seneca, which is an example of a person with a perverse character?
(a) One that has a fixed, unchanging routine.
(b) One that studies day and night.
(c) One who writes his thoughts often.
(d) One who stays up late but sleeps all day.

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

5. According to Stoic thought, what is the formless substance with "unlimited potential?"
(a) Cause.
(b) Reason.
(c) Mass.
(d) Matter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has suffered a great deal between Letters XII and XXVII?

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

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

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

5. What is there little value in if one cannot share it with friends, according to Seneca?

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