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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. Which line of studies does Seneca say tends to have a special temptation to vanity?

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

3. According to Seneca, what is the fruit of man's own efforts?

4. What happens to Seneca's work ethic and studies once he moves to the country?

5. What teaches men how to live well, according to Seneca?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Stoic concept of causation?

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

3. According to Seneca, what destroyed man's harmonic relationship with nature and what was the result?

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

5. Which city burned and how did it affect Seneca?

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

7. What advice does Seneca give Lucilius about coping with illness and the sometimes severe symptoms that accompany it?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the theories of Stoicism with those of philosopher Epicurus.

Essay Topic 2

Who was Posidonius? Discuss the issue Seneca had with one of his claims and talk about the many roles of Posidonius.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Zeno's life and his importance to Stoicism.

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