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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. Who does Posidinus credit for the invention for various technological innovations?

2. What happens to Seneca's work ethic and studies once he moves to the country?

3. Who says there are four causes?

4. Who especially does Seneca consider when he makes his move to the country?

5. According to Letter LXV, how do friends get Seneca to stop reading and writing while he is sick?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Seneca object to Posidinus' claims that philosopher's ruled during the Golden Age and were responsible for many new technological innovations?

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

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

5. What is the Stoic concept of causation?

6. What does Seneca say about people who have an excessive concern with pain?

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

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

9. How, according to Letter LXXXIII, does Seneca spend his day?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Stoic view of death and what happens after death.

Essay Topic 2

Is Stoicism a religion? Explore why or why not.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Seneca's retirement from Nero's court and his quest for apatheia.

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