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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. As "Saeculum Aureum, 171-189" opens, Hadrian reports that Antinous has become infatuated with passages by which famous writer and philosopher?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Plato.
(d) Euripides.

2. When Hadrian is attacked by a slave he sends the man to work in the mines; he says that which of the following cities would have survived had it shown some generosity?
(a) Sparta.
(b) Argos.
(c) Thebes.
(d) Delphi.

3. According to "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 29-49," which of the following individuals is Hadrian's cousin?
(a) Themistocles.
(b) Domitian.
(c) Scaurus.
(d) Trajan.

4. After traveling to Jerusalem Hadrian arrives in Alexandria, but his arrival there is kept quiet until which other individual arrives?
(a) Antinous.
(b) Sabina.
(c) Lucius.
(d) Agrippa.

5. In his discussion of the cities he establishes, Hadrian says that which of the following cities is one he cares least to revisit but to which he has devoted more pains?
(a) Hadrianopolis.
(b) Plotinopolis.
(c) Antinoopolis.
(d) Hadrianotherae.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which area does Hadrian say he effected a number of civil reforms, as discussed in "Tellus Stabilita, 122-149"?

2. In the first few months of Hadrian's reign as emperor, he is forced to send which of the following individuals to Egypt to reestablish order?

3. During Hadrian's second stay in Rome, how much money (in sesterces) does Trajan give Hadrian to distribute to the public?

4. When Hadrian is transferred to Macedonica, under which of the following legions does he serve?

5. As "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 29-49" opens, readers learn that which of Hadrian's relatives is a man named Marullinus?

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