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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Disciplina Augusta, 233-251.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 69-92," what is the name of Trajan's niece, also Hadrian's mother-in-law?
(a) Plotina.
(b) Matidia.
(c) Edessa.
(d) Palma.

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

3. As Hadrian continues to discuss old age, sickness, and death, he comments that which of the following basic joys is deserting him?
(a) Music.
(b) Food.
(c) Love.
(d) Sleep.

4. When Hadrian is sent to the first Sarmatian war with the title of governor of Pannonia, how long does the conflict last?
(a) Eleven months.
(b) Twenty-three weeks.
(c) Three years.
(d) Six days.

5. As "Saeculum Aureum, 171-189" opens, Hadrian reports that Antinous has become infatuated with passages by which famous writer and philosopher?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Plato.
(d) Socrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Hadrian talks about his dislike of Roman feasts he mentions that he prefers the cuisine in which of the following countries?

2. During the Jewish rebellion in "Disciplina Augusta, 233-251," how many years does it take to recapture Jerusalem?

3. After traveling to Jerusalem Hadrian arrives in Alexandria, but his arrival there is kept quiet until which other individual arrives?

4. At the close of "Animula Vagula Blandula," Hadrian says that when philosophers have nothing more to tell us it is excusable to turn to which of the following?

5. While discussing his military service, Hadrian mentions that he rose to the rank of tribune in which of the following legions?

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