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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tellus Stabilita, 122-149.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When talking about the cities he establishes, Hadrian mentions the city of Hadrianotherae. In which region is this city located?
(a) Epirus.
(b) Thrace.
(c) Asia Minor.
(d) Sarmatia.

2. How old is Hadrian when Marullinus casts the horoscope that says Hadrian will one day rule the world?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Eight.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Fifteen.

3. When talking about various types of art, Hadrian says that which of the following cultures has chosen man as the center?
(a) Roman.
(b) Greek.
(c) Egyptian.
(d) Sarmatia.

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

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?
(a) Lucius Quietus.
(b) Marcius Turbo.
(c) Crito.
(d) Attianus.

Short Answer Questions

1. During Hadrian's first speech in the tribunal, he is laughed at for which of the following?

2. In his discussion of life Hadrian comments that his nature seems to be made up of equal parts of instinct and _________.

3. Hadrian considers his life and decides that the life of which of the following is simple?

4. As "Tellus Stabilita, 95-122" opens, Hadrian states that which of the following people are concerned only with reopening trade between Rome and India?

5. As "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 49-69" opens, which of the following individuals is in command of the troops in Lower Germany?

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