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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Seneca name as never too great for a man to endure, thanks to nature's way of minimizing them?

3. Who was Posidinius?

4. How much duty does Seneca say one must must fulfill before his life ends?

5. What is duty that Seneca states all men are bound to eventually carry out?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What advice does Seneca give for staying safe?

3. What is Seneca's criticism of the typical liberal arts scholar?

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

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

6. According to Seneca, what destroyed man's harmonic relationship with nature and what was the result?

7. Why does Seneca believe only a philosopher can appreciate wisdom?

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

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

10. What lesson can be learned from the city that burned?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who was Posidonius? Discuss the issue Seneca had with one of his claims and talk about the many roles of Posidonius.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the lives and deaths of Socrates and Seneca.

Essay Topic 3

Is Stoicism a religion? Explore why or why not.

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