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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Saeculum Aureum, 171-189.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After discussing various sculptors, Hadrian includes a quote: "Trahit sua quemque voluptas." What is the translation he provides for this quote?
(a) Beauty is in every figure.
(b) Each to his own bent.
(c) Life is but fleeting.
(d) The body leaves its mark.

2. What is the name of Trajan's grandniece, to whom Hadrian is married at twenty-eight?
(a) Plotina.
(b) Sabina.
(c) Agrippina.
(d) Livia.

3. Upon returning to Alexandria after their hunting trip, which of the following poets arranges a special entertainment for Hadrian and Antinous?
(a) Julian.
(b) Lucius.
(c) Pancrates.
(d) Mesomedes.

4. After discussing the honors paid to Trajan after his death, Hadrian says that Rome has changed but he has promised himself to save it from the petrification of all BUT WHICH of the following cities?
(a) Tyre.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Thebes.
(d) Babylon.

5. During their stay in Antioch, which of the following individuals tells Antinous and Hadrian the story of "The Bride of Corinth"?
(a) Satyrus.
(b) Philo.
(c) Aspasius.
(d) Phlegon.

Short Answer Questions

1. As "Tellus Stabilita, 122-149" opens, Hadrian mentions that he once tried tainted meat because it was a delicacy among which people?

2. As "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 49-69" opens, which of the following individuals is in command of the troops in Lower Germany?

3. According to "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 29-49," which of the following individuals is Hadrian's cousin?

4. What animal is sacrificed as part of the ritual when Hadrian is initiated into the religious cult?

5. According to "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 29-49," which of the following individuals is currently emperor of Rome?

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