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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tellus Stabilita, 95-122.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Trajan.
(b) Attianus.
(c) Plotina.
(d) Crito.

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

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

4. What is the name of Trajan's grandniece, to whom Hadrian is married at twenty-eight?
(a) Plotina.
(b) Agrippina.
(c) Livia.
(d) Sabina.

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?
(a) Thebes.
(b) Babylon.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) Tyre.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hadrian is named a judge, in which of the following areas does he specialize?

2. During his travels in Greece, Hadrian mentions seeing the spaces for statues in sanctuaries left empty by the theft of which emperor?

3. As Hadrian continues to discuss old age, sickness, and death, he comments that which of the following basic joys is deserting him?

4. When discussing his method of alternation, Hadrian says that all BUT WHICH of the following are subject to interruption at any moment?

5. While reflecting on his life Hadrian says that he has been a lover of art, though not to the extent of which of the following emperors?

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