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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Seneca, who has a misguided interest in philosophy?
(a) Misguided intellects.
(b) Political figures.
(c) Women.
(d) Priests.

2. Who wrote the "Aeneid?"
(a) Plato.
(b) Odyseus.
(c) Petronius.
(d) Homer.

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

4. Which of Seneca's friends grieved the burning of the town discussed in Letter XCI?
(a) Liberalis.
(b) Tibius.
(c) Lucilius.
(d) Flaccus.

5. What is caused by the flaunting of one's possessions?
(a) Bitterness.
(b) Envy.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Greed.

6. To whom will a person who is well-acquainted with poetry or history often be impressive?
(a) To the entire public.
(b) To the royalty.
(c) To himself only.
(d) To the small-minded masses.

7. Which line of studies does Seneca say tends to have a special temptation to vanity?
(a) Sciences.
(b) History.
(c) Liberal arts.
(d) Business and politics.

8. According to his criticism in Letter CVIII, what does Seneca say literary scholars do with philosophical theories?
(a) Ruin them by writing them down incorrectly.
(b) Help spread them to the masses.
(c) Read them over and over.
(d) Dissect the words without garnering the meaning.

9. According to Seneca in Letter LXXXVIII, what should man not strive to become?
(a) A pleasant man.
(b) A religious man.
(c) A learned man.
(d) A good man.

10. What does Seneca give advice about coping with in Letter LXXVIII?
(a) Religious faith.
(b) Grief.
(c) Illness.
(d) Love.

11. What creates certain habits of study and thought which are actually useful?
(a) Sciences.
(b) Liberal arts.
(c) Fine arts.
(d) Business studies.

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

13. What includes the studies of literature, rhetoric and history?
(a) Fine arts.
(b) Bachelor of arts.
(c) Still life art.
(d) Liberal arts.

14. What happens to Seneca's work ethic and studies once he moves to the country?
(a) He stops all together.
(b) They improve.
(c) He studies less, but says it really isn't distraction since he is focusing on nature.
(d) He finds himself distracted by nature.

15. What is duty that Seneca states all men are bound to eventually carry out?
(a) Death.
(b) Public service.
(c) Civic responsiblity.
(d) Taxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the Iliad?

2. According to Seneca, where are the sharpest pains?

3. According to Seneca, what destroyed man's harmonic relationship with nature?

4. Who says there are four causes?

5. What tends to either not last very long or to at least have periods of subsidence?

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