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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters LXXXIII, LXXXVI, and LXXXVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who finances the celebration that is held at the time Letter XVII is written?
(a) Local businesses.
(b) The state.
(c) Seneca.
(d) A traveling carnival.

2. In Letter XVI, what kind of life is said to have no direction?
(a) Unphilosophicla.
(b) Lazy.
(c) Hard working.
(d) Philosophical.

3. According to Seneca, where are the sharpest pains?
(a) In the smallest area of the body.
(b) In the heart.
(c) In the eye/temple area because they are close to the brain.
(d) In the nose.

4. What is an example of unrehearsed communication?
(a) Letter writing.
(b) Music.
(c) Public oratory.
(d) A speech.

5. According to Seneca, who doesn't care if he is rich or poor?
(a) A philosopher.
(b) A pagan priest.
(c) A public official.
(d) A Christian priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Seneca, what is death?

2. What does Seneca say about the Stoic troubled by no external concerns?

3. Who says there are four causes?

4. According to Letter XL, what clue do people give as to whether they are organized or disorganized?

5. What tends to either not last very long or to at least have periods of subsidence?

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