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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. When Hadrian is sixteen and finishes a course of military training, his guardian is persuaded to send him where for further academic study?
(a) Rome.
(b) Spain.
(c) Athens.
(d) Florence.

2. As "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 29-49" opens, readers learn that which of Hadrian's relatives is a man named Marullinus?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Father.
(d) Brother.

3. While discussing the events that lead up to Antinous' death, Hadrian says that a five-year drought ends upon his arrival in ____________.
(a) Delphi.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Athens.
(d) Carthage.

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

5. At the end of "Saeculum Aureum, 153-171," Hadrian says that his once-turbulent relationship with which individual has cooled to a general indifference?
(a) Plotina.
(b) Marullinus.
(c) Sabina.
(d) Attianus.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hadrian goes to Pelusium to mediate the disagreements between the Greeks and Jews, he is forced to spend how many days in a courtroom over the matter?

2. After discussing his political enemies, Hadrian says that which of the following individuals organizes life with a view of serving him?

3. As Hadrian discusses his tomb, readers learn that it is placed along the bank of which river?

4. 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?

5. After a massive earthquake destroys much of Antioch, Trajan allows members of which religion to be blamed and massacred for the natural disaster?

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