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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to Seneca as he comforts Lucilius, what is the death of a friend a reminder to do?
(a) Not to get close to people because they will only die.
(b) To appreciate your friends in life.
(c) To take better care of yourself.
(d) To send notes to the grieving family.

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

5. In what kind of atmosphere does Seneca say in Lesson VLI that he prefers to study?
(a) A quiet one.
(b) A dark one.
(c) A very well-lit one.
(d) A busy one.

6. Whose estate does Seneca ride past in Letter LV?
(a) Lucilius.
(b) Claudius.
(c) Vatia.
(d) Antonius.

7. While looking for witty entertainment, what does Seneca stumble upon?
(a) A musical production.
(b) A gladiator battle.
(c) A poetry reading.
(d) A comedian telling jokes.

8. What is there little value in if one cannot share it with friends, according to Seneca?
(a) Money.
(b) Gladiator battles.
(c) Ceremonies.
(d) Learning.

9. What is the specific distraction Seneca discusses in Letter XL?
(a) Alcohol and food.
(b) Company with the opposite sex.
(c) Long hair.
(d) Talking too fast or too slow.

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

11. In Letter VII, what does Lucilius accuse Seneca of being?
(a) A corrupt politician.
(b) A hypocrite.
(c) An illegitimate child.
(d) A loser.

12. Who spends hours quibbling over meaningless logical puzzles, according to Seneca?
(a) Many so-called philosophers.
(b) Seneca and Lucilius together.
(c) Seneca.
(d) Lucilius.

13. Seneca says though one may suffer more or less in life, the suffering is surrounded by what on either side?
(a) Somewhat peaceful rest.
(b) Unknown pain.
(c) Deep tranquility.
(d) Nothingness.

14. Which of Lucilius' friends dies?
(a) Claudius.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Flaccus.
(d) Tibius.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do people become slaves, according to Seneca?

2. What kind of people does Seneca warn Lucilius to steer clear of in Letter XLVIII?

3. Who thinks they are the most virtuous people, according to Senenca?

4. In Letter XII, what does Seneca notice about one of his properties?

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

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