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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 69-92.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As "Animula Vagula Blandula" opens, Hadrian has been to see his doctor. What is the doctor's name?
(a) Iollas.
(b) Blandula.
(c) Marcus.
(d) Hermogenes.

2. When Hadrian is named a judge, in which of the following areas does he specialize?
(a) Business.
(b) Inheritance.
(c) Custody.
(d) Petty theft.

3. While discussing his childhood, Hadrian says that though officially a Roman emperor is said to be born in Rome, he was actually born where?
(a) Gaul.
(b) Asia Minor.
(c) Spain.
(d) Italica.

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

5. As tensions explode in the Orient, Trajan's officer Quietus is dispatched to deal with all BUT WHICH of the following cities?
(a) Cyrene.
(b) Seleucia.
(c) Hatra.
(d) Edessa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Trajan's grandniece, to whom Hadrian is married at twenty-eight?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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