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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Whose estate does Seneca ride past in Letter LV?
(a) Vatia.
(b) Antonius.
(c) Claudius.
(d) Lucilius.
2. Who suggests the correspondence between Seneca and his student should increase?
(a) Seneca.
(b) Zeno.
(c) Marcus Aurelius.
(d) Lucilius.
3. In a large group of people, how might their vices seem, according to Seneca?
(a) Attractive.
(b) Unappealing.
(c) Deadly.
(d) Comical.
4. At what time does Seneca say he has already experienced death?
(a) When doing yoga.
(b) Once in a brawl when he was younger.
(c) Before he was born.
(d) During meditation.
5. What holiday is celebrated at the time Letter XVII is written?
(a) Ides of March.
(b) Festival of Bacchus.
(c) Saturnalia.
(d) Cinco de Mayo.
Short Answer Questions
1. What, according to Seneca, generally presents more opportunity to be tempted away from virtuous living?
2. What is there little value in if one cannot share it with friends, according to Seneca?
3. Who, according to Seneca, is deliberate and prepared?
4. What is the characteristic of Lucilius' friend that Seneca does not hold against him?
5. What are Seneca's comments about the book he mentions in Letter XLVI?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the difference between a Stoic and anyone else in regards to emotions?
2. What is the difference between physical and spiritual ailments, according the Seneca's seasick boat trip example?
3. What happened when Seneca went out on the town in search of "witty entertainment" and how was he affected by the situation?
4. How does noise affect Seneca's studies and how does his explanation become a metaphor for the Stoic soul?
5. What are Seneca's thoughts on fear and how to eliminate it from life?
6. In Letter II, how does Seneca advise Lucilius to proceed with his study of philosophy?
7. Lucilius writes Seneca that his melancholy mood remained unchanged no matter how far he traveled from home. How does Seneca explain Lucilius' complaint?
8. Explain the importance to occasional fasting according to Seneca.
9. What is the appeal of a slow death for Stoics? What does Seneca believe happens after death?
10. What is a "quibbler" and what advice does Seneca offer to Lucilius about quibblers?
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