Memoirs of Hadrian Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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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. As tensions explode in the Orient, Trajan's officer Quietus is dispatched to deal with all BUT WHICH of the following cities?
(a) Seleucia.
(b) Cyrene.
(c) Hatra.
(d) Edessa.

2. Which of the following individuals declares Antinous dead after his body is found in the river?
(a) Lucius.
(b) Menecrates.
(c) Chabrias.
(d) Hermogenes.

3. Hadrian considers his life and decides that the life of which of the following is simple?
(a) Criminal.
(b) Hero.
(c) Coward.
(d) Child.

4. During Hadrian's second stay in Rome, how much money (in sesterces) does Trajan give Hadrian to distribute to the public?
(a) Two million.
(b) Five thousand.
(c) Fifteen thousand.
(d) Eight million.

5. 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) Hades.
(d) Naples.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his discussion of the cities he establishes, Hadrian says that which of the following cities is one he cares least to revisit but to which he has devoted more pains?

2. As "Tellus Stabilita, 95-122" opens, Hadrian states that which of the following people are concerned only with reopening trade between Rome and India?

3. After his discussion of food and diet, which of the following emotions does Hadrian say can "unsettle the soul"?

4. After discussing the murder of the leader in the Mauretanian revolt, Hadrian says that it reminds him of the proscriptions of which individual that stained the reputation of Augustus?

5. When Hadrian is transferred to Macedonica, under which of the following legions does he serve?

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