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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What holiday is celebrated at the time Letter XVII is written?
(a) Saturnalia.
(b) Ides of March.
(c) Cinco de Mayo.
(d) Festival of Bacchus.

2. According to Seneca, what creates anxiety?
(a) Having to find a stable job.
(b) Demanding family members.
(c) Having to worry about finances.
(d) Striving to fulfill one's ever-expanding desires.

3. What specific things might a philosopher lack that could tarnish philosophy's reputation among outsiders?
(a) A mansion, slaves, and orgies.
(b) Wealth, fine clothing and hygiene.
(c) Wine, big home, health.
(d) Books, glasses, jewelry.

4. What is the topic of Letter III?
(a) Money.
(b) Greed.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Investing.

5. What kinds of noises are more distracting, according to Senenca?
(a) Musical noises.
(b) Intermittent noises.
(c) Noises of crickets.
(d) Continuous noises.

6. What has suffered a great deal between Letters XII and XXVII?
(a) Epicurius' mental health.
(b) Euripides overall health.
(c) Seneca's physical health.
(d) Lucilius' fortune.

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

8. Who finances the celebration that is held at the time Letter XVII is written?
(a) Local businesses.
(b) A traveling carnival.
(c) Seneca.
(d) The state.

9. Who says that hope is the cause of fear?
(a) Homer.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Euripides.
(d) Hecato.

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

11. What virtue does Seneca say does not perish or disappoint?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Fortune.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Wisdom.

12. In Letter XVI, what kind of life is said to have no direction?
(a) Hard working.
(b) Philosophical.
(c) Unphilosophicla.
(d) Lazy.

13. What, according to Seneca, generally presents more opportunity to be tempted away from virtuous living?
(a) Mass crowds.
(b) Religion.
(c) Public hangings.
(d) Theater.

14. Who, according to Seneca, is deliberate and prepared?
(a) A public servant.
(b) A wise man.
(c) A priest.
(d) A general.

15. What kind of ailments does Seneca say are not as obvious as they worsen?
(a) Physical.
(b) Breathing-related ones.
(c) Mental.
(d) Spiritual.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a large group of people, how might their vices seem, according to Seneca?

2. Who suggests the correspondence between Seneca and his student should increase?

3. Who says that excessive anger is a threat to one's sanity?

4. While looking for witty entertainment, what does Seneca stumble upon?

5. Which philosopher believes the idea of "cheerful poverty" is absurd?

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