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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Forerunners.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "On Noise," what is necessary for a person to ignore the noise of the outside world?
(a) A goal to concentrate on with singular focus.
(b) Inner peace.
(c) One must venture into the world in order to quiet it.
(d) Excellent earplugs.

2. To Plutarch, what is the greatest human bond?
(a) The relationship between brother and sister.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Marriage.
(d) The relationship between emperor and citizen.

3. Seneca the Younger adheres to which school of philosophy?
(a) Nihilism.
(b) Agrarianism.
(c) Phenomenology.
(d) Stoicism.

4. What colorful phrase does Seneca provide as another way to describe asthma?
(a) Speechless sweeps.
(b) Rehearsing death.
(c) Sucking wind.
(d) Hellish hiccups.

5. Where is Plutarch traveling when he writes "Consolation to His Wife?"
(a) Tanagra.
(b) Germany.
(c) North Africa.
(d) Gaul.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Ou-Yank Hsiu born?

2. Plutarch is known as the first great what?

3. When did Plutarch die?

4. What did Kenko become in 1324?

5. Plutarch was a priest of which temple?

(see the answer key)

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