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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. How old is Hadrian when Marullinus casts the horoscope that says Hadrian will one day rule the world?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Eight.

2. Which of the following individuals becomes Hadrian's most vehement critic shortly after his marriage?
(a) Plotina.
(b) Servianus.
(c) Tibullus.
(d) Trajan.

3. One of Hadrian's favorite women falls in love with a dancer; what is the dancer's name?
(a) Servianus.
(b) Bathyllus.
(c) Tacitus.
(d) Marcius.

4. When discussing his early relationship with Antinous, Hadrian says that his new companion was born in which city?
(a) Claudiopolis.
(b) Bithynia.
(c) Propontis.
(d) Nicomedia.

5. As Hadrian discusses his life he says that all BUT WHICH of the following seem nebulous and fleeting as a phantom?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Projects.
(c) Desires.
(d) Wishes.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Upon his return to Rome Hadrian begins work on the Odeon, which is a __________________.

3. Which of the following individuals becomes the new emperor in "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 29-49"?

4. To which of the following individuals does Hadrian give the responsibility of cleaning up during the Jewish rebellion in Jerusalem?

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

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