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

2. During the Jewish rebellion in "Disciplina Augusta, 233-251," how many years does it take to recapture Jerusalem?
(a) Three.
(b) Nine.
(c) Seven.
(d) One.

3. Hadrian mentions in "Tellus Stabilita, 122-149" that a friend in Rome took him to see Epictetus as a young boy shortly before which emperor ordered that man's exile?
(a) Vespasian.
(b) Domitian.
(c) Titus.
(d) Trajan.

4. As "Animula Vagula Blandula" opens, Hadrian has been to see his doctor. What is the doctor's name?
(a) Marcus.
(b) Hermogenes.
(c) Blandula.
(d) Iollas.

5. In his reminiscence of education, Hadrian says that he will always be grateful to which of the following individuals for making him study Greek?
(a) Themistocles.
(b) Scaurus.
(c) Leotychides.
(d) Lucretius.

Short Answer Questions

1. During Hadrian's time in the army, which of the following individuals reports on his activities to the emperor?

2. According to "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 69-92," what is the name of Trajan's niece, also Hadrian's mother-in-law?

3. As "Saeculum Aureum, 171-189" opens, Hadrian reports that Antinous has become infatuated with passages by which famous writer and philosopher?

4. When Hadrian is sent to the first Sarmatian war with the title of governor of Pannonia, how long does the conflict last?

5. Upon returning to Greece in "Saeculum Aureum, 153-171," Hadrian sets out to rebuild which city?

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