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

2. During Hadrian's first speech in the tribunal, he is laughed at for which of the following?
(a) Information.
(b) Accent.
(c) Stutter.
(d) Clothing.

3. When discussing the craftsmen he takes with him on his travels, Hadrian says that he offered which of the following individuals a Latin secretaryship?
(a) Phlegon.
(b) Tranquillus.
(c) Florus.
(d) Suetonius.

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) Alexandria.
(b) Thebes.
(c) Babylon.
(d) Tyre.

5. As "Tellus Stabilita, 95-122" opens, Hadrian states that which of the following people are concerned only with reopening trade between Rome and India?
(a) Jews.
(b) Egyptians.
(c) Parthians.
(d) Greeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. When talking about his frustration with the movement of the equinoxes, Hadrian says that this precession was calculated long ago by which individual?

2. In "Tellus Stabilita, 122-149," Hadrian mentions that construction and renovation of camps in what area occupies him for a full year?

3. When Antinous joins the Mithraic cult after a merchant suggests that he do so, in which city does the initiation rite take place?

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

5. For what action is Hadrian reproached shortly after his marriage has taken place?

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