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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. 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) Plato.
(b) Epicurius.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Seneca.

2. At what time does Seneca say he has already experienced death?
(a) When doing yoga.
(b) Once in a brawl when he was younger.
(c) Before he was born.
(d) During meditation.

3. What do people who attend the celebration discussed in Letter XVII do?
(a) Watch acrobats and clowns.
(b) Discuss town issues.
(c) Feast and get drunk.
(d) Praise Seneca.

4. Who does Posidinus credit for the invention for various technological innovations?
(a) Gods.
(b) Mathematicians.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) Historians.

5. What has earned Seneca fame and respect among the citizens of Rome?
(a) His inherited wealth.
(b) Years of public service.
(c) His role as emperor.
(d) The sexually explicit plays he wrote.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which city does Seneca say is so filled with wicked people that it could be a threat to even a wise man's soul?

2. Who is Scipio?

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

4. Who wrote the "Aeneid?"

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

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