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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Patientia.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After discussing various sculptors, Hadrian includes a quote: "Trahit sua quemque voluptas." What is the translation he provides for this quote?
(a) Each to his own bent.
(b) The body leaves its mark.
(c) Beauty is in every figure.
(d) Life is but fleeting.

2. Which of the following individuals does Hadrian order executed due to an assassination plot uncovered after Lucius' adoption?
(a) Sabina.
(b) Lucius.
(c) Servianus.
(d) Arrian.

3. After discussing his political enemies, Hadrian says that which of the following individuals organizes life with a view of serving him?
(a) Lusius Quietus.
(b) Plotina.
(c) Neratius Priscus.
(d) Attianus.

4. As "Disciplina Augusta, 251-271" begins, which of the following individuals does Hadrian credit with the suppression of the Jewish revolt?
(a) Suetonius.
(b) Epaminondas.
(c) Arrian.
(d) Diotimus.

5. After traveling to Jerusalem Hadrian arrives in Alexandria, but his arrival there is kept quiet until which other individual arrives?
(a) Agrippa.
(b) Antinous.
(c) Sabina.
(d) Lucius.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hadrian discusses his travels after the installment of Antinous in his life. Outside which city do the local officials draw up enormous fires for Hadrian's troops?

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

3. Hadrian attempts to convince his huntsman to help him commit suicide. Which of the following individuals is Hadrian's huntsman?

4. In "Tellus Stabilita, 95-122," readers learn that Servianus' wife, Hadrian's sister, is named what?

5. Which of the following individuals dies toward the end of "Disciplina Augusta, 251-271"?

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