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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 is the author of all that happens in the world, according to Seneca?

2. Where is Seneca when he writes Letter LXXXVI?

3. In Letter LXXXIII, whose logic does Seneca question?

4. According to Seneca, what was the goal of technological inventions of the past age?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What advice does Seneca give for staying safe?

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

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

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

6. Who was Scipio and why does Seneca praise him?

7. What is the Stoic concept of causation?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are three types of irony: verbal, situational and dramatic. Define each and discuss at least two examples of irony in Seneca's letters.

Essay Topic 2

Outline the history of Stoicism.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Zeno's life and his importance to Stoicism.

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