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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. In "Tellus Stabilita, 95-122," readers learn that Servianus' wife, Hadrian's sister, is named what?
(a) Tertia.
(b) Paulina.
(c) Julia.
(d) Matidia.

2. When discussing his method of alternation, Hadrian says that all BUT WHICH of the following are subject to interruption at any moment?
(a) Feelings.
(b) Thoughts.
(c) Work.
(d) Sleep.

3. After a massive earthquake destroys much of Antioch, Trajan allows members of which religion to be blamed and massacred for the natural disaster?
(a) Jews.
(b) Christians.
(c) Mithradites.
(d) Muslims.

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

5. When Hadrian is transferred to Macedonica, under which of the following legions does he serve?
(a) Ninth.
(b) Third.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Second.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following religious cults does Hadrian explore during his time in the army?

3. Which of the following individuals becomes the new emperor in "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 29-49"?

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

5. After Hadrian's arrival in Macedonica, which of the following individuals is killed?

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