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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Saeculum Aureum, 189-211.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a massive earthquake destroys much of Antioch, Trajan allows members of which religion to be blamed and massacred for the natural disaster?
(a) Mithradites.
(b) Jews.
(c) Muslims.
(d) Christians.

2. During the Sarmatian war Hadrian makes a practice of sending rash and ambitious soldiers back to Rome and replacing them with what kind of people?
(a) Cooks.
(b) Technicians.
(c) Peasants.
(d) Musicians.

3. In "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 29-49," Hadrian states that he has sought which of the following more than power?
(a) Justice.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Liberty.
(d) Peace.

4. 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) Delphi.
(b) Argos.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Thebes.

5. Readers learn in Hadrian's discussion of his self-observation that he is almost how old?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Seventy.
(c) Forty.
(d) Fifty.

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. While in Alexandria Hadrian is visited by a Jew named Akiba from Jerusalem. For how many days do the two argue about renovations in Jerusalem?

3. To which of the following famous sites does Hadrian travel with his wife soon after the death of Antinous?

4. When Hadrian presses Antinous to pick a tutor, the boy chooses which of the following individuals?

5. When Hadrian is initiated into a religious cult, the ceremony takes place on the banks of which river?

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