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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 49-69.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Toward the end of "Animula Vagula Blandula," Hadrian states that there are people he's seen often that he won't recognize where?
(a) Hades.
(b) Tibur.
(c) Rome.
(d) Naples.

2. Readers learn in Hadrian's discussion of his self-observation that he is almost how old?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Seventy.

3. When Hadrian is sent to further his education, he studies medicine under which of the following individuals?
(a) Leotychides.
(b) Scaurus.
(c) Lucretius.
(d) Themistocles.

4. Which of the following individuals becomes Hadrian's most vehement critic shortly after his marriage?
(a) Trajan.
(b) Servianus.
(c) Tibullus.
(d) Plotina.

5. At the close of "Animula Vagula Blandula," Hadrian says that when philosophers have nothing more to tell us it is excusable to turn to which of the following?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Wine.
(c) Stars.
(d) Crystals.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Hadrian continues to discuss old age, sickness, and death, he comments that which of the following basic joys is deserting him?

2. Hadrian considers his life and decides that the life of which of the following is simple?

3. While discussing his relationships with the women around him, Hadrian says that he'd like to see them after all BUT WHICH of the following events?

4. What animal is sacrificed as part of the ritual when Hadrian is initiated into the religious cult?

5. What is the name of Trajan's grandniece, to whom Hadrian is married at twenty-eight?

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