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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 Letter XCI, what town was destroyed by fire?

2. What does Seneca say is the greatest of all arts?

3. How can a person be prepared for any tragedy that might happen?

4. What kind of events does Seneca say upsets people the most?

5. Why does Seneca move to the country?

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 the concept of causation according to Aristotle?

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

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

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

7. What fault does Seneca find in Zeno's logic that a good man will not drink to excess?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define and discuss "apatheia."

Essay Topic 2

Outline the history of Stoicism.

Essay Topic 3

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

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