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

2. What affects Seneca's exercise time according to Letter LXXXIII?
(a) His lack of interest.
(b) The amount of time he studies.
(c) His old age.
(d) His lack of time.

3. How much duty does Seneca say one must must fulfill before his life ends?
(a) No set amount.
(b) Whatever the tax collector chooses to bill him.
(c) 25 years worth.
(d) At least one good deed per day.

4. What do the friends Seneca talks about in Letter LXV compare to concepts by Aristotle and Plato?
(a) The Stoic concept of causation.
(b) Zeno's concept of relationships.
(c) Arelius' thoughts about life.
(d) Seneca's thoughts about death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Seneca admit that he cares less about as he ages?

2. What does Seneca say that many people find attractive for the wrong reasons?

3. How does Seneca spend most of his day?

4. What does Seneca consider to be the gift of gods?

5. When does Seneca say that men that began to claim pieces of land as their property?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the concept of causation according to Aristotle?

2. How, according to Seneca, are life and philosophy both the gifts of the gods?

3. What is the purpose of technology, according to Seneca?

4. What advice does Seneca give for staying safe?

5. What is Zeno's logic that a drunk man is not a good man?

6. Why does Seneca say the Stoic account of causation is better than both Aristotle's and Plato's?

7. What advice does Seneca give Lucilius about coping with illness and the sometimes severe symptoms that accompany it?

8. What is the value of a liberal arts education, according to Seneca?

9. What does Seneca say causes envy and how can envy be avoided?

10. How does Seneca feel about moving to improve studies?

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