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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. 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?
(a) Justinian.
(b) Paris.
(c) Juvenal.
(d) Papias.

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

3. After his return to Greece and rebuilding of a city, Hadrian says that which individual is 12 years younger and the best of his friends?
(a) Aristomenes.
(b) Arrian.
(c) Herod.
(d) Demonax.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon returning to Athens after Antinous' death, with which friend does Hadrian stay?

2. After his reflections on his own genetic makeup Hadrian says he completes the revision of which city's constitution?

3. After Antinous decides on a tutor, Hadrian says that which of the following individuals, a Stoic philosopher, asks his permission to retire from service by suicide?

4. According to "Disciplina Augusta, 211-233," the word "philanthropy" is of which origin?

5. Upon his return to Rome Hadrian begins work on the Odeon, which is a __________________.

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