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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. As he announces his intention to write his autobiography, Hadrian mentions his secretary who was named ________.
(a) Chabrias.
(b) Iollas.
(c) Phlegon.
(d) Celer.

2. When discussing his method of alternation, Hadrian says that all BUT WHICH of the following are subject to interruption at any moment?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Feelings.
(c) Work.
(d) Thoughts.

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

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

5. Which of the following individuals comes to Hadrian's aid with Trajan in Antioch, when Hadrian fears he is losing his position as Trajan's heir?
(a) Sabina.
(b) Plotina.
(c) Pliny.
(d) Palma.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hadrian faces revolt from Mauretania, which of the following individuals oversteps his orders and kills Hadrian's rival?

2. Toward the end of "Animula Vagula Blandula," Hadrian states that there are people he's seen often that he won't recognize where?

3. In "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 49-69," which of the following individuals is Trajan's wife who persuades him to let Hadrian write his speeches?

4. In discussing his early challenges as emperor, Hadrian says that he is forced to take military action in Mauretania because a revolt is forming under which of the following individuals?

5. After discussing the honors paid to Trajan after his death, Hadrian says that Rome has changed but he has promised himself to save it from the petrification of all BUT WHICH of the following cities?

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