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

2. What is a syllogism?

3. According to Letter XCI, what town was destroyed by fire?

4. What does Scipio volunteer to do?

5. Who says there are five causes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Seneca move to the country and what effects result from the move?

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

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

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

5. What is the Stoic concept of causation?

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

7. What advice does Seneca give for staying safe?

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

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

10. What does Plato add to Aristotle's theory of causation?

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

Discuss Seneca's views on the importance of speech pace.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the ways Seneca treated or dealt with his asthma.

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