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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Tellus Stabilita, 122-149," Hadrian mentions that construction and renovation of camps in what area occupies him for a full year?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Greece.
(c) Britain.
(d) Germany.

2. How old is Hadrian when Marullinus casts the horoscope that says Hadrian will one day rule the world?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Eight.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Fifteen.

3. During his travels in Greece, Hadrian mentions seeing the spaces for statues in sanctuaries left empty by the theft of which emperor?
(a) Trajan.
(b) Nero.
(c) Caligula.
(d) Domitian.

4. When Hadrian is sixteen and finishes a course of military training, his guardian is persuaded to send him where for further academic study?
(a) Athens.
(b) Spain.
(c) Rome.
(d) Florence.

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

6. Toward the end of "Tellus Stabilita, 95-122," Hadrian states that in twenty years of his rule he has passed how many without a fixed living location?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Five.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Two.

7. When discussing the craftsmen he takes with him on his travels, Hadrian says that he offered which of the following individuals a Latin secretaryship?
(a) Florus.
(b) Tranquillus.
(c) Phlegon.
(d) Suetonius.

8. When Hadrian goes to Pelusium to mediate the disagreements between the Greeks and Jews, he is forced to spend how many days in a courtroom over the matter?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Nine.

9. One of Hadrian's favorite women falls in love with a dancer; what is the dancer's name?
(a) Bathyllus.
(b) Servianus.
(c) Marcius.
(d) Tacitus.

10. When talking about various types of art, Hadrian says that which of the following cultures has chosen man as the center?
(a) Sarmatia.
(b) Greek.
(c) Roman.
(d) Egyptian.

11. In his discussion of life Hadrian comments that his nature seems to be made up of equal parts of instinct and _________.
(a) Luck.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Advice.
(d) Training.

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

13. 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) Licinius Sura.
(b) Trajan.
(c) Attianus.
(d) Marcius Turbo.

14. According to "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 29-49," which of the following individuals is currently emperor of Rome?
(a) Trajan.
(b) Scaurus.
(c) Themistocles.
(d) Domitian.

15. 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?
(a) Crito.
(b) Attianus.
(c) Lucius Quietus.
(d) Marcius Turbo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hadrian mentions, in his discussion of how people relate to each other, that he has incurred some criticism because he likes to read what?

2. After winning Trajan's respect, Hadrian is placed in command of which legion?

3. As Hadrian talks about his dislike of Roman feasts he mentions that he prefers the cuisine in which of the following countries?

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

5. After his discussion of food and diet, which of the following emotions does Hadrian say can "unsettle the soul"?

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