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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Saeculum Aureum, 189-211.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon returning to Alexandra after the visit to the magician in Canopus, Antinous convinces which individual to return to the magician with him?
(a) Hadrian.
(b) Lucius.
(c) Chabrias.
(d) Menecrates.

2. Toward the end of "Animula Vagula Blandula," Hadrian states that there are people he's seen often that he won't recognize where?
(a) Rome.
(b) Tibur.
(c) Naples.
(d) Hades.

3. As he talks about how Antinous came to be part of his life, Hadrian compares him to which animal?
(a) Bull.
(b) Hound.
(c) Horse.
(d) Tiger.

4. Which of the following individuals becomes Hadrian's most vehement critic shortly after his marriage?
(a) Trajan.
(b) Plotina.
(c) Tibullus.
(d) Servianus.

5. Toward the end of "Saeculum Aureum, 153-171," Hadrian mentions that which of the following individuals has died?
(a) Plotina.
(b) Sabina.
(c) Attianus.
(d) Marullinus.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. When Hadrian is initiated into a religious cult, the ceremony takes place on the banks of which river?

5. After discussing various sculptors, Hadrian includes a quote: "Trahit sua quemque voluptas." What is the translation he provides for this quote?

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