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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. How does Seneca spend most of his day?
(a) Dreaming.
(b) Praying.
(c) Exercising.
(d) In study.

2. What does Seneca admit that he cares less about as he ages?
(a) His financial affairs.
(b) His friends.
(c) His appearance.
(d) His hair.

3. Who says there are five causes?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Plato.
(c) Seneca.
(d) Aristotle.

4. Why does Seneca say he considered suicide once?
(a) He felt worthless.
(b) To escape his illness.
(c) Out of consideration for his parents.
(d) He didn't feel loved or needed by society.

5. According to Seneca, what often brings the most unusual tragedies?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Superstition.
(c) Fortune.
(d) Emotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Seneca, which is an example of a person with a perverse character?

2. Why does Seneca say he decided not to commit suicide?

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

4. What do people who attend the celebration discussed in Letter XVII do?

5. According to Seneca, what does an inordinate attachment to wealth or public opinion make a man?

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