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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Patientia.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following individuals becomes the new emperor in "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 29-49"?
(a) Assar.
(b) Domitian.
(c) Nerva.
(d) Trajan.

2. Upon growing bored in Alexandria, Hadrian and his company visit a magician in Canopus. What animal does Antinous insist upon sacrificing to destiny?
(a) Cobra.
(b) Goat.
(c) Falcon.
(d) Horse.

3. Which of the following is a young physician to whom Hadrian turns for help with his death after the huntsman refuses?
(a) Phlegon.
(b) Iollas.
(c) Celer.
(d) Mastor.

4. While discussing the tasks he still hopes to accomplish, Hadrian mentions his prefect of education, a man by what name?
(a) Domitius Rogatus.
(b) Matidia.
(c) Antoninus.
(d) Julius Vestinus.

5. After Hadrian's comments about Trajan's view of war, which of the following friends dies?
(a) Licinius Sura.
(b) Attianus.
(c) Trajan.
(d) Marcius Turbo.

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. As "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 29-49" opens, readers learn that which of Hadrian's relatives is a man named Marullinus?

3. 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?

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

5. As he talks about how Antinous came to be part of his life, Hadrian compares him to which animal?

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