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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. While talking about books, Hadrian accuses which author of making life lighter than it is?
(a) Chabrias.
(b) Petronius.
(c) Celer.
(d) Lucan.

2. When Hadrian is transferred to Macedonica, under which of the following legions does he serve?
(a) Ninth.
(b) Third.
(c) Second.
(d) Fifth.

3. When Antinous joins the Mithraic cult after a merchant suggests that he do so, in which city does the initiation rite take place?
(a) Sardis.
(b) Smyrna.
(c) Miletus.
(d) Palmyra.

4. Upon returning to Greece in "Saeculum Aureum, 153-171," Hadrian sets out to rebuild which city?
(a) Athens.
(b) Delphi.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Thebes.

5. While vising Chaeronea, Hadrian spends two days as the guest of which of the following famous Greek philosophers and writers?
(a) Plato.
(b) Plutarch.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Pythagoras.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 69-92," which of the following individuals is one of Hadrian's supporters and becomes Trajan's new privy councillor?

3. During the visit to the magician in Canopus, the animal sacrifice is drowned. To which god is drowning intended to send the sacrificed animal in this ritual?

4. What animal is sacrificed as part of the ritual when Hadrian is initiated into the religious cult?

5. When Hadrian begins to discuss Antinous' death, readers learn that he died at what age?

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