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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tellus Stabilita, 95-122.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Illness.
(b) First waking up.
(c) Finding a wrinkle.
(d) Death of a child.

2. During "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 69-92," which of the following individuals is one of Hadrian's supporters and becomes Trajan's new privy councillor?
(a) Plotina.
(b) Attianus.
(c) Lusius Quietus.
(d) Celsus.

3. During his travels in "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 69-92," Hadrian attends a peasant wedding in which of the following towns?
(a) Arcadia.
(b) Megara.
(c) Delphi.
(d) Sparta.

4. As "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 69-92" opens, Hadrian says that all BUT WHICH of the following friends understand and agree with his change of attitude toward war?
(a) Marcius Turbo.
(b) Attianus.
(c) Trajan.
(d) Licinius Sura.

5. As "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 29-49" opens, readers learn that which of Hadrian's relatives is a man named Marullinus?
(a) Father.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Grandfather.
(d) Brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Tellus Stabilita, 95-122," readers learn that Servianus' wife, Hadrian's sister, is named what?

2. While vising Chaeronea, Hadrian spends two days as the guest of which of the following famous Greek philosophers and writers?

3. During the Sarmatian war Hadrian makes a practice of sending rash and ambitious soldiers back to Rome and replacing them with what kind of people?

4. When Hadrian is named a judge, in which of the following areas does he specialize?

5. After discussing Trajan's perilous position as he finds enemies on all sides, Hadrian notes that Trajan wastes an entire winter in the siege of which desert fortress?

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