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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters LIII, LIV, LV, LVI, and LXIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ailment, according to Letter LIV, has become very serious for Seneca?
(a) Indigestion.
(b) Asthma.
(c) A tumor in his throat.
(d) Irregular heart beat.

2. What is there little value in if one cannot share it with friends, according to Seneca?
(a) Learning.
(b) Ceremonies.
(c) Gladiator battles.
(d) Money.

3. What purpose does fasting serve, according to Seneca?
(a) To shed some excess pounds.
(b) To ward off gluttony.
(c) To be able to drink more.
(d) To prove a point to the public.

4. What does Seneca say about the Stoic troubled by no external concerns?
(a) The heart.
(b) The body.
(c) The soul.
(d) The mind.

5. What holiday is celebrated at the time Letter XVII is written?
(a) Ides of March.
(b) Cinco de Mayo.
(c) Festival of Bacchus.
(d) Saturnalia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What topic does Seneca discuss in Letter XL?

2. How long does it take Seneca to read the book he mentions in Letter XLVI?

3. According to Letter XLI, what lives in each man's soul?

4. According to Seneca as he comforts Lucilius, what is the death of a friend a reminder to do?

5. Seneca states that a virtuous man is not concerned with the loss of a friend because:

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