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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. As tensions explode in the Orient, Trajan's officer Quietus is dispatched to deal with all BUT WHICH of the following cities?
(a) Edessa.
(b) Seleucia.
(c) Cyrene.
(d) Hatra.

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

3. When talking about his frustration with the movement of the equinoxes, Hadrian says that this precession was calculated long ago by which individual?
(a) Marullinus.
(b) Eleusis.
(c) Hipparchus.
(d) Theron.

4. While discussing his doctor visit, Hadrian comments that a man does not practice medicine for 30 years without some ______________.
(a) Money.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Luck.
(d) Falsehood.

5. During his travels in Greece, Hadrian mentions seeing the spaces for statues in sanctuaries left empty by the theft of which emperor?
(a) Domitian.
(b) Trajan.
(c) Caligula.
(d) Nero.

Short Answer Questions

1. During their stay in Alexandria, Hadrian, and Antinous embark on a hunting expedition for which of the following animals?

2. As "Saeculum Aureum, 189-211" opens, Hadrian reunites with his wife Sabina; he notes that she now surrounds herself with women of what profession?

3. 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?

4. According to "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 29-49," which of the following individuals is Hadrian's cousin?

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

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