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

2. During the Sarmatian war Hadrian makes a practice of sending rash and ambitious soldiers back to Rome and replacing them with what kind of people?
(a) Technicians.
(b) Cooks.
(c) Musicians.
(d) Peasants.

3. 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) Attianus.
(c) Marcius Turbo.
(d) Crito.

4. According to "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 29-49," which of the following individuals is currently emperor of Rome?
(a) Domitian.
(b) Themistocles.
(c) Trajan.
(d) Scaurus.

5. When Hadrian is sent to the first Sarmatian war with the title of governor of Pannonia, how long does the conflict last?
(a) Six days.
(b) Twenty-three weeks.
(c) Three years.
(d) Eleven months.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hadrian goes to Pelusium to mediate the disagreements between the Greeks and Jews, he is forced to spend how many days in a courtroom over the matter?

2. Toward the end of "Tellus Stabilita, 95-122," Hadrian states that in twenty years of his rule he has passed how many without a fixed living location?

3. After taking command of his own legion and performing well, Hadrian receives what token from Trajan?

4. After discussing his political enemies, Hadrian says that which of the following individuals organizes life with a view of serving him?

5. After discussing his travels in Greece, Hadrian says that he holds his post as governor of Syria for how long when Trajan comes to him at Antioch?

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