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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Seneca say he decided not to commit suicide?
(a) He snapped out of his depression.
(b) He was too afraid.
(c) He fell in love with a woman.
(d) For his father's sake.

4. According to Letter XCI, what town was destroyed by fire?
(a) Croton.
(b) Vatican City.
(c) Lyons.
(d) Rome.

5. According to Seneca, what should a person use to guide his life?
(a) Examples.
(b) Theory.
(c) Religion.
(d) Logic.

6. What does Seneca say the gods give man the capacity for?
(a) Love.
(b) Life.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Scientific study.

7. According to Seneca, what is the fruit of man's own efforts?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Life.
(c) Love.
(d) Peace between nations.

8. What does Seneca say that many people find attractive for the wrong reasons?
(a) Politics.
(b) Outward appearance.
(c) Religion.
(d) Philosophy.

9. What does Seneca name as never too great for a man to endure, thanks to nature's way of minimizing them?
(a) Pains.
(b) Heartbreaks.
(c) Loves.
(d) Choices.

10. What is symptomatic of excessive attachment to the body, according to Seneca?
(a) Excessive primping.
(b) Excessive concern with pain.
(c) Frequent trips to community baths.
(d) Frequent baths.

11. What is a syllogism?
(a) A form of deductive reasoning/logic.
(b) Two words that sound alike but have different meanings.
(c) A word or phrase with repetitive consonants.
(d) Two words with the same number of syllables and same meanings.

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

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

14. In Letter LXXXIII, whose logic does Seneca question?
(a) Plato's.
(b) Sappho's.
(c) Zeno's.
(d) Aristotle's.

15. What does Seneca say is the greatest of all arts?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Painting.
(c) Religion.
(d) Sculpting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Seneca say prepares the mind for philosophy?

2. Who says there are four causes?

3. According to Seneca in Letter LXXXVIII, what should man strive to become?

4. What kind of events does Seneca say upsets people the most?

5. For Stoics, what are two basic elements found in any object?

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