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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tellus Stabilita, 122-149.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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?
(a) Peasants.
(b) Technicians.
(c) Musicians.
(d) Cooks.

3. When the Senate tries to confer upon Hadrian the title of "Father of the Country," he refuses, citing that which other emperor only accepted this title late in life?
(a) Octavius.
(b) Augustus.
(c) Nero.
(d) Domitian.

4. After his discussion of food and diet, which of the following emotions does Hadrian say can "unsettle the soul"?
(a) Fear.
(b) Hate.
(c) Love.
(d) Jealousy.

5. As "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 49-69" opens, which of the following individuals is in command of the troops in Lower Germany?
(a) Assar.
(b) Domitian.
(c) Nerva.
(d) Trajan.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Hadrian discusses his life he says that all BUT WHICH of the following seem nebulous and fleeting as a phantom?

2. In "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 69-92," which of the following individuals does Hadrian consider his most dangerous enemy?

3. Which of the following individuals becomes Hadrian's most vehement critic shortly after his marriage?

4. As "Animula Vagula Blandula" opens, Hadrian has been to see his doctor. What is the doctor's name?

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?

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