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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. Hadrian mentions in "Tellus Stabilita, 122-149" that a friend in Rome took him to see Epictetus as a young boy shortly before which emperor ordered that man's exile?
(a) Titus.
(b) Vespasian.
(c) Trajan.
(d) Domitian.

2. When Hadrian and Antinous make their way to Mantinea they find that the temple to which god has fallen into ruins?
(a) Mars.
(b) Neptune.
(c) Athena.
(d) Poseidon.

3. When Hadrian is named a judge, in which of the following areas does he specialize?
(a) Custody.
(b) Inheritance.
(c) Petty theft.
(d) Business.

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) Mithradites.
(b) Jews.
(c) Christians.
(d) Muslims.

5. During their stay in Antioch, which of the following individuals tells Antinous and Hadrian the story of "The Bride of Corinth"?
(a) Aspasius.
(b) Philo.
(c) Satyrus.
(d) Phlegon.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In the first few months of Hadrian's reign as emperor, he is forced to send which of the following individuals to Egypt to reestablish order?

3. As Hadrian discusses his tomb, readers learn that it is placed along the bank of which river?

4. In "Saeculum Aureum, 153-171," Hadrian refers to which actor as his Greek partridge?

5. When Hadrian is attacked by a slave he sends the man to work in the mines; he says that which of the following cities would have survived had it shown some generosity?

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