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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. In "Saeculum Aureum, 153-171," Hadrian refers to which actor as his Greek partridge?
(a) Aristomenes.
(b) Herod.
(c) Demonax.
(d) Arrian.

2. While vising Chaeronea, Hadrian spends two days as the guest of which of the following famous Greek philosophers and writers?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Plutarch.
(c) Plato.
(d) Pythagoras.

3. After his villa is complete, Hadrian gives a series of banquets and discovers a love for women playing which of the following instruments?
(a) Lute.
(b) Castanets.
(c) Wind harp.
(d) Drum.

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

5. As "Disciplina Augusta, 211-233" opens, to which of the following cities does Hadrian return?
(a) Alexandria.
(b) Hadrianopolis.
(c) Rome.
(d) Antioch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Toward the end of "Saeculum Aureum, 153-171," Hadrian mentions that which of the following individuals has died?

2. After discussing his political enemies, Hadrian says that which of the following individuals organizes life with a view of serving him?

3. Hadrian returns to Rome after he leaves Greece in "Disciplina Augusta, 211-233" and writes which document to codify the administration of Italy?

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

5. As tensions explode in the Orient, Trajan's officer Quietus is dispatched to deal with all BUT WHICH of the following cities?

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