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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 suggests the correspondence between Seneca and his student should increase?
(a) Lucilius.
(b) Zeno.
(c) Seneca.
(d) Marcus Aurelius.

2. Why does Seneca move to the country?
(a) To get out of the greedy city of Croton.
(b) For the health benefits of fresh air.
(c) To be farther from the corruptness of Rome.
(d) To be closer to Lucilius.

3. According to Seneca, where are the sharpest pains?
(a) In the heart.
(b) In the smallest area of the body.
(c) In the eye/temple area because they are close to the brain.
(d) In the nose.

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

5. What ailment, according to Letter LIV, has become very serious for Seneca?
(a) Indigestion.
(b) Asthma.
(c) A tumor in his throat.
(d) Irregular heart beat.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Letter XCI, what town was destroyed by fire?

2. Who wrote the "Aeneid?"

3. How long does it take Seneca to read the book he mentions in Letter XLVI?

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

5. According to Seneca, who will spend his time either alone or in the company of those he knows are capable of improving him?

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