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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon growing bored in Alexandria, Hadrian and his company visit a magician in Canopus. What animal does Antinous insist upon sacrificing to destiny?
(a) Goat.
(b) Cobra.
(c) Horse.
(d) Falcon.

2. Which religious group appeals to Hadrian for a defense of their faith shortly after he begins work on the cult of Antinous?
(a) Etruscans.
(b) Jews.
(c) Christians.
(d) Muslims.

3. When Hadrian opens schools in Jerusalem that teach Greek literature, which of the following is a rabbi who orders his people only to study such things in the hour that is neither night nor day?
(a) Isaac.
(b) Ismael.
(c) Abraham.
(d) Joshua.

4. After his return to Greece and rebuilding of a city, Hadrian says that which individual is 12 years younger and the best of his friends?
(a) Aristomenes.
(b) Demonax.
(c) Herod.
(d) Arrian.

5. Upon his return to Rome Hadrian begins work on the Odeon, which is a __________________.
(a) Courthouse.
(b) Library.
(c) Theater.
(d) Public bath.

6. After his reflections on his own genetic makeup Hadrian says he completes the revision of which city's constitution?
(a) Florence.
(b) Rome.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Athens.

7. During their stay in Antioch, which of the following individuals tells Antinous and Hadrian the story of "The Bride of Corinth"?
(a) Aspasius.
(b) Philo.
(c) Phlegon.
(d) Satyrus.

8. 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) Chabrias.
(c) Lucius.
(d) Menecrates.

9. When Hadrian and Antinous make their way to Mantinea they find that the temple to which god has fallen into ruins?
(a) Neptune.
(b) Athena.
(c) Mars.
(d) Poseidon.

10. When discussing how he began to involve himself with other lovers, to Antinous' disgust, Hadrian says that he forced Antinous to endure the presence of a courtesan in which city?
(a) Palmyra.
(b) Smyrna.
(c) Miletus.
(d) Sardis.

11. After Antinous' death, which of the following individuals is a member of an Orphic cult that declares suicide a crime and, thus, tends to focus on the sacrificial aspect of the death?
(a) Menecrates.
(b) Chabrias.
(c) Hermogenes.
(d) Lucius.

12. Which of the following individuals dies shortly after Hadrian names Lucius his successor?
(a) Lucius.
(b) Arrian.
(c) Sabina.
(d) Servianus.

13. When discussing his early relationship with Antinous, Hadrian says that his new companion was born in which city?
(a) Propontis.
(b) Nicomedia.
(c) Claudiopolis.
(d) Bithynia.

14. Which of the following individuals does Hadrian order executed due to an assassination plot uncovered after Lucius' adoption?
(a) Servianus.
(b) Lucius.
(c) Sabina.
(d) Arrian.

15. When the Olympieion is dedicated in Greece, the country bestows all BUT WHICH of the following titles on Hadrian?
(a) Ionian.
(b) Protector.
(c) Friend of Greece.
(d) Master of All.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of "Saeculum Aureum, 153-171," Hadrian says that his once-turbulent relationship with which individual has cooled to a general indifference?

2. As "Disciplina Augusta, 233-251" opens, things are going badly with which religious group?

3. Upon returning to Greece in "Saeculum Aureum, 153-171," Hadrian sets out to rebuild which city?

4. Which of the following individuals alerts Hadrian that Antinous has gone missing in "Saeculum Aureum, 189-211"?

5. According to "Disciplina Augusta, 211-233," the word "philanthropy" is of which origin?

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