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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 Hadrian is sent to further his education, he studies medicine under which of the following individuals?
(a) Leotychides.
(b) Themistocles.
(c) Scaurus.
(d) Lucretius.

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

3. After discussing Trajan's perilous position as he finds enemies on all sides, Hadrian notes that Trajan wastes an entire winter in the siege of which desert fortress?
(a) Edessa.
(b) Hatra.
(c) Seleucia.
(d) Cyrene.

4. When the Senate tries to confer upon Hadrian the title of "Father of the Country," he refuses, citing that which other emperor only accepted this title late in life?
(a) Octavius.
(b) Domitian.
(c) Augustus.
(d) Nero.

5. As Hadrian talks about his dislike of Roman feasts he mentions that he prefers the cuisine in which of the following countries?
(a) Greece.
(b) Spain.
(c) England.
(d) Asia.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Hadrian's comments about Trajan's view of war, which of the following friends dies?

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

3. After Nerva's death, Hadrian sets out to take the news to his cousin. Whose servants attack Hadrian on the way?

4. In "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 69-92," which of the following individuals does Hadrian consider his most dangerous enemy?

5. 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?

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