View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Tellus Stabilita, 95-122," Hadrian regrets that he must fire a friend. He says that he sometimes counts which individual among his human victims?
(a) Attianus.
(b) Lucius Quietus.
(c) Marcius Turbo.
(d) Crito.

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

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

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

5. As he writes about his death, Hadrian says that he may die in all BUT WHICH of the following places?
(a) Naples.
(b) Rome.
(c) Tibur.
(d) Carthage.

Short Answer Questions

1. When discussing how he began to involve himself with other lovers, to Antinous' disgust, Hadrian says that he forced Antinous to endure the presence of a courtesan in which city?

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

3. Toward the end of "Animula Vagula Blandula," Hadrian states that there are people he's seen often that he won't recognize where?

4. While talking about books, Hadrian accuses which author of making life lighter than it is?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 270 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample