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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. According to Seneca, where are the sharpest pains?

2. According to Posidinus, who ruled in the past time?

3. What does Seneca give advice about coping with in Letter LXXVIII?

4. Who wrote the Aeneid?

5. Who does Seneca point out (in Letter CIV) had a wife and children who constantly nagged him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Stoic concept of causation?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. List and explain three types of people who, according to Seneca, find philosophy attractive for the wrong reasons.

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

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

Discuss the value of a liberal arts education according to Seneca.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the ways Seneca treated or dealt with his asthma.

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