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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) Demonax.
(c) Herod.
(d) Arrian.

2. While discussing Roman commerce during his time in Antioch, Hadrian mentions that which religious group is a constant problem for Rome in Alexandria?
(a) Christians.
(b) Mithradites.
(c) Jews.
(d) Muslims.

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

4. Hadrian discusses his travels after the installment of Antinous in his life. Outside which city do the local officials draw up enormous fires for Hadrian's troops?
(a) Byzantium.
(b) Bithynia.
(c) Hadrianopolis.
(d) Thrace.

5. As "Saeculum Aureum, 153-171" opens, Hadrian has passed the summer in which area?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Germany.
(c) Rome.
(d) Asia Minor.

Short Answer 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?

2. Hadrian grows angry with a writer during his first discussions of his life at the villa and summons the writer to tell him that he is exiled. What is the writer's name?

3. When Hadrian presses Antinous to pick a tutor, the boy chooses which of the following individuals?

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

5. Which religious group appeals to Hadrian for a defense of their faith shortly after he begins work on the cult of Antinous?

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