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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Patientia.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon returning to Alexandra after the visit to the magician in Canopus, Antinous convinces which individual to return to the magician with him?
(a) Hadrian.
(b) Menecrates.
(c) Chabrias.
(d) Lucius.

2. During Hadrian's second stay in Rome, how much money (in sesterces) does Trajan give Hadrian to distribute to the public?
(a) Eight million.
(b) Fifteen thousand.
(c) Five thousand.
(d) Two million.

3. After discussing his travels in Greece, Hadrian says that he holds his post as governor of Syria for how long when Trajan comes to him at Antioch?
(a) Nine months.
(b) Five years.
(c) One year.
(d) Six weeks.

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

5. In "Saeculum Aureum, 153-171," Hadrian refers to which actor as his Greek partridge?
(a) Arrian.
(b) Aristomenes.
(c) Herod.
(d) Demonax.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Upon returning to Athens after Antinous' death, with which friend does Hadrian stay?

3. According to "Varius Multiplex Multiformis, 29-49," how is Aelius Hadrianus Afer related to Hadrian?

4. Hadrian says, while considering suicide, that an emperor is not supposed to take his own life unless forced for reasons of State. Which individual does Hadrian cite as an example?

5. After discussing Trajan's perilous position as he finds enemies on all sides, Hadrian notes that Trajan wastes an entire winter in the siege of which desert fortress?

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