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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. Why does Seneca say he considered suicide once?

2. According to Seneca, who has a misguided interest in philosophy?

3. What does Scipio volunteer to do?

4. According to Seneca in Letter LXXXVIII, what should man not strive to become?

5. According to Seneca in Letter LXXXVIII, what should man strive to become?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the concept of causation according to Aristotle?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Discuss the ways Seneca treated or dealt with his asthma.

Essay Topic 3

Outline the history of Stoicism.

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