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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. In discussing his early challenges as emperor, Hadrian says that he is forced to take military action in Mauretania because a revolt is forming under which of the following individuals?
(a) Attianus.
(b) Lucius Quietus.
(c) Marcius Turbo.
(d) Crito.

2. What is the name of Trajan's grandniece, to whom Hadrian is married at twenty-eight?
(a) Sabina.
(b) Livia.
(c) Agrippina.
(d) Plotina.

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

4. Toward the end of "Tellus Stabilita, 95-122," Hadrian states that in twenty years of his rule he has passed how many without a fixed living location?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Two.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Five.

5. After Hadrian returns to the Roman army and several problems erupt in the Orient at once, Hadrian manages to maintain order in which area?
(a) Syria.
(b) Sicilia.
(c) Macedonia.
(d) Bithynia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After discussing his travels in Greece, Hadrian says that he holds his post as governor of Syria for how long when Trajan comes to him at Antioch?

3. As "Animula Vagula Blandula" opens, Hadrian has been to see his doctor. What is the doctor's name?

4. After traveling to Jerusalem Hadrian arrives in Alexandria, but his arrival there is kept quiet until which other individual arrives?

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

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