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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Disciplina Augusta, 211-233.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Five years.
(b) Nine months.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) One year.

2. 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) Muslims.
(d) Mithradites.

3. As "Saeculum Aureum, 153-171" opens, Hadrian has passed the summer in which area?
(a) Germany.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Asia Minor.
(d) Rome.

4. As "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 69-92" opens, Hadrian says that all BUT WHICH of the following friends understand and agree with his change of attitude toward war?
(a) Trajan.
(b) Marcius Turbo.
(c) Licinius Sura.
(d) Attianus.

5. At which city does Hadrian meet with a nameless priestess when he begins plans to establish the cult of Antinous?
(a) Eleusis.
(b) Aegina.
(c) Corinth.
(d) Decelea.

Short Answer Questions

1. While vising Chaeronea, Hadrian spends two days as the guest of which of the following famous Greek philosophers and writers?

2. When the first reports of the Parthian campaign come in, which of the following major cities has fallen to Rome?

3. At the end of "Saeculum Aureum, 153-171," Hadrian says that his once-turbulent relationship with which individual has cooled to a general indifference?

4. After Antinous decides on a tutor, Hadrian says that which of the following individuals, a Stoic philosopher, asks his permission to retire from service by suicide?

5. 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?

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