Dichotomy of Control Quiz

According to Epictetus, what are the things that are within our control?

• The weather, other people's behavior, and luck

• The news, social media, and people's opinions of us

• Our reputation, health, wealth, and office

• Our opinion, motivation, desire, and actions

How does the dichotomy of control help us?

• It makes us attach our happiness to external things like wealth and reputation

• It makes us worry more about externals and lose focus on our internal world

• It encourages us to rely on others' opinions for our happiness

• It helps us focus on what truly matters and removes power from superficial things

What is the exercise suggested to understand the dichotomy of control?

• Ignore the things that cannot be controlled and focus only on externals

• Write down what can and cannot be controlled in a given situation

• Rely on others' opinions to determine what can be controlled

• Try to control everything in a given situation

According to Seneca, in what do we suffer more often?

• Future events

• Past events

• Reality

• Imagination

What is the only way to happiness according to Epictetus?

• To control everything in our life

• To rely on others' opinions for happiness

• To focus on externals and attach happiness to them

• To cease worrying about things beyond the power of our will

What does the Memento Mori concept remind us to do?

• To remember that we are mortal and be present in the current moment

• To ignore the present and focus on the past and future

• To attach our happiness to external things

• To rely on others' opinions for our well-being

What is the founder of stoicism's name?

• Socrates

• Zeno

• Seneca

• Epictetus

What does the story of Zeno involve?

• A shipwreck, Xenophon's memorabilia of Socrates, and a famous cynic

• A love story, a tragic event, and a secret society

• A journey, a mystical creature, and a hidden treasure

• A battle, a famous philosopher, and a lost treasure

What does Seneca say we should do when we are no longer able to change a situation?

• We are challenged to change ourselves

• We should give up and accept the situation

• We should focus on externals and attach our happiness to them

• We should rely on others to change the situation for us

What is the only way to become the best version of ourselves according to the text?

• To attach our happiness to external things like wealth and reputation

• To rely on others' opinions and try to change them

• To worry about things beyond the power of our will

• To focus on what we can control and develop our character