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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Disciplina Augusta, 233-251.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As "Disciplina Augusta, 233-251" opens, things are going badly with which religious group?
(a) Jews.
(b) Christians.
(c) Etruscans.
(d) Muslims.

2. When Hadrian is initiated into a religious cult, the ceremony takes place on the banks of which river?
(a) Varta.
(b) Danube.
(c) Tiber.
(d) Rhenus.

3. As "Tellus Stabilita, 122-149" opens, Hadrian mentions that he once tried tainted meat because it was a delicacy among which people?
(a) Egyptian.
(b) African.
(c) Germanic.
(d) British.

4. Which of the following individuals alerts Hadrian that Antinous has gone missing in "Saeculum Aureum, 189-211"?
(a) Menecrates.
(b) Chabrias.
(c) Lucius.
(d) Hermogenes.

5. Which of the following individuals declares Antinous dead after his body is found in the river?
(a) Hermogenes.
(b) Menecrates.
(c) Lucius.
(d) Chabrias.

Short Answer Questions

1. As he writes about his death, Hadrian says that he may die in all BUT WHICH of the following places?

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?

3. Upon returning to Alexandra after the visit to the magician in Canopus, Antinous convinces which individual to return to the magician with him?

4. While reflecting on his life Hadrian says that he has been a lover of art, though not to the extent of which of the following emperors?

5. After Hadrian's comments about Trajan's view of war, which of the following friends dies?

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