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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Disciplina Augusta, 233-251.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Seleucia.
(b) Hatra.
(c) Cyrene.
(d) Edessa.

2. When Hadrian faces revolt from Mauretania, which of the following individuals oversteps his orders and kills Hadrian's rival?
(a) Lucius Quietus.
(b) Crito.
(c) Marcius Turbo.
(d) Attianus.

3. How old is Hadrian when Marullinus casts the horoscope that says Hadrian will one day rule the world?
(a) Eight.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Eleven.

4. When Hadrian presses Antinous to pick a tutor, the boy chooses which of the following individuals?
(a) Euphrates.
(b) Demonax.
(c) Aristomenes.
(d) Chabrias.

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. In "Disciplina Augusta, 233-251," Hadrian states that Quietus attacked all BUT WHICH of the following cities?

2. 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?

3. What animal is sacrificed as part of the ritual when Hadrian is initiated into the religious cult?

4. When Hadrian is named a judge, in which of the following areas does he specialize?

5. During "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 69-92," which of the following individuals is one of Hadrian's supporters and becomes Trajan's new privy councillor?

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