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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As Hadrian discusses his tomb, readers learn that it is placed along the bank of which river?
(a) Euphrates.
(b) Tigris.
(c) Tiber.
(d) Nile.

3. After examining Hadrian, his doctor is alarmed at the Emperor's condition and blames which young physician who has been attending him?
(a) Hermogenes.
(b) Blandula.
(c) Marcus.
(d) Iollas.

4. 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) Twenty.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

5. According to "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 29-49," which of the following individuals is Hadrian's cousin?
(a) Trajan.
(b) Domitian.
(c) Scaurus.
(d) Themistocles.

6. While discussing his military service, Hadrian mentions that he rose to the rank of tribune in which of the following legions?
(a) Third.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Second.
(d) Ninth.

7. As "Tellus Stabilita, 122-149" opens, Hadrian mentions that he once tried tainted meat because it was a delicacy among which people?
(a) African.
(b) Egyptian.
(c) Germanic.
(d) British.

8. 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) Rome.
(c) Florence.
(d) Spain.

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

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

11. While vising Chaeronea, Hadrian spends two days as the guest of which of the following famous Greek philosophers and writers?
(a) Plato.
(b) Plutarch.
(c) Pythagoras.
(d) Socrates.

12. In "Tellus Stabilita, 95-122," Hadrian regrets that he must fire a friend. He says that he sometimes counts which individual among his human victims?
(a) Crito.
(b) Marcius Turbo.
(c) Lucius Quietus.
(d) Attianus.

13. When Trajan's will is finally written, and Hadrian learns that he will be Trajan's successor, which of the following individuals is the first to salute him as emperor?
(a) Attianus.
(b) Plotina.
(c) Trajan.
(d) Crito.

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

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

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. How old is Hadrian when Marullinus casts the horoscope that says Hadrian will one day rule the world?

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

4. As he writes about his death, Hadrian says that he may die in all BUT WHICH of the following places?

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

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