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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Julian's journal and memoirs:
(a) The people are afraid to say anything negative about the government.
(b) The people are loyal to Constantius even though he is cruel and selfish.
(c) The people do not understand that he is trying to make their lives better.
(d) The people all love him and want to see him become emperor.

2. Among the principal military commanders who accompany Julian into Persia are all of these except:
(a) Jovian.
(b) Gallus.
(c) Arintheus.
(d) Victor.

3. Maximus claims to tell about the location and manner of Julian's death by:
(a) The angel Gabriel.
(b) Persephone, the Queen of the Dead.
(c) Aries, the sun god.
(d) Callistus.

4. After he becomes emperor, Julian again faces the threat of invasion along his borders. This time, the threat is from:
(a) Macedonian rebels.
(b) Portuguese traders.
(c) German invaders.
(d) Pirates from North Africa.

5. Julian believes that Constantius sets him up to fail in Gaul because:
(a) Constantius makes a secret treaty with the Germans.
(b) Constantius provides little in the way of military advice or support.
(c) Constantius doesn't think Gaul is worth fighting for.
(d) Constantius believes Julian is having an affair with Eusebia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Priscus says that the omens for Julian personally are:

2. Julian's first winter in Gaul is spent:

3. It is foretold that Julian is fated to die in:

4. Julian learns that Constantius dies when a messenger addresses his as:

5. Julian's attitude towards battle is:

(see the answer key)

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