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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. During his travels in "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 69-92," Hadrian attends a peasant wedding in which of the following towns?
(a) Delphi.
(b) Megara.
(c) Arcadia.
(d) Sparta.

2. 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?
(a) Euphrates.
(b) Chabrias.
(c) Demonax.
(d) Aristomenes.

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) Drum.
(b) Castanets.
(c) Wind harp.
(d) Lute.

4. After Hadrian returns to the Roman army and several problems erupt in the Orient at once, Hadrian manages to maintain order in which area?
(a) Bithynia.
(b) Sicilia.
(c) Syria.
(d) Macedonia.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As "Disciplina Augusta, 211-233" opens, to which of the following cities does Hadrian return?

3. Which of the following individuals comes to Hadrian's aid with Trajan in Antioch, when Hadrian fears he is losing his position as Trajan's heir?

4. Hadrian discusses at length his favorite poets after Antinous' death. Which of the following wrote a long poem about Lydia, his deceased wife, and is one of Hadrian's favorites?

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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