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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Maximus and his wife make a pact concerning:
(a) Disciplining their children.
(b) Open marriage.
(c) Observing Christian holidays.
(d) Suicide.

2. As Augustus, Julian attempts to clean up corruption in the palace by dismissing:
(a) All the eunuchs.
(b) The kitchen staff.
(c) The entertainers and singers.
(d) All of Constantius's former servants.

3. Julian spends his last moments before dying with:
(a) Victor and Jovian.
(b) Libanius and Priscus.
(c) Callistus.
(d) Priscus and Maximus.

4. Julian claims not to know how he gets wounded. Callistus:
(a) Says Julian falls on his own spear.
(b) Also claims ignorance about what happens.
(c) Says the spear is thrown by a Persian general.
(d) Says a Roman soldier throws the spear and hits Julian by mistake.

5. It is in Maiozamalcha that Julian finds the boy who becomes his servant. The boy is:
(a) A Christian.
(b) A deaf-mute.
(c) A prophet.
(d) A Greek.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before engaging in battle with the Persian troops, Julian takes a day off for:

2. Julian is told of a plot to kill him involving:

3. Near Maiozamalcha, Julian and a small scouting party encounter:

4. After reading Julian's journal, Priscus learns that Julian:

5. With the success of his Persia campaign, Julian boasts to his generals that:

Short Essay Questions

1. In his memoirs and his journal, Julian insists that his army and the people love him, that he goes to great lengths to avoid confrontation and do right by the populace, and that his ascension to power is due to the will of the people. Some of these recollections are rather self-serving. Describe some examples of these recollections.

2. Several things happen that suggest to Julian that his death may be imminent. Cite some of these occurrences. What does Julian think about these incidents and how does he react?

3. Throughout his life, Julian is influenced and makes decisions based on signs, omens and dreams. At one point, he dreams about a tree. Describe this dream and his interpretation of it.

4. What is Constantius' response when Julian is acclaimed Augustus by the people? What does he do? How do you think he feels?

5. Once he is Augustus, how does Julian display his disdain for Christianity?

6. The relationship between Julian and Eusebia is never really made clear. Describe what you know about this relationship.

7. What happens during the year of the famine in Antioch? Who is responsible for the famine? Who is blamed?

8. Julian travels overland to Antioch stopping in various towns along the way. What reason does he give for the journey and what does Julian hope to accomplish by visiting the towns en route?

9. Describe the situation when Julian enters Persia at the start of the campaign when Julian, his generals and the troops first reach the Euphrates River.

10. How does Julian really feel about religion at the time of his ascension to the position of Augustus?

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