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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After their trip to make sacrifices on Mount Casius in Antioch, Hadrian and his troops continue to Jerusalem. Hadrian intends to rebuild the city nearly destroyed by which emperor?
(a) Nero.
(b) Titus.
(c) Domitian.
(d) Vespasian.

3. 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) Chabrias.
(b) Lucius.
(c) Menecrates.
(d) Hermogenes.

4. At the end of "Disciplina Augusta, 211-233," Hadrian grows angry with his bumbling secretary. Which part of the man's body does Hadrian seriously injure?
(a) Spine.
(b) Leg.
(c) Ear.
(d) Eye.

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

6. 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) Smyrna.
(b) Miletus.
(c) Sardis.
(d) Palmyra.

7. In "Disciplina Augusta, 233-251," which of the following individuals is an informer and spy for Rome?
(a) Joshua.
(b) Euphorion.
(c) Elias Ben-Abayad.
(d) Joshua Ben-Kisma.

8. In "Disciplina Augusta, 233-251," Hadrian states that Quietus attacked all BUT WHICH of the following cities?
(a) Gaza.
(b) Cyrene.
(c) Edessa.
(d) Laodicea.

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

10. When Antinous joins the Mithraic cult after a merchant suggests that he do so, in which city does the initiation rite take place?
(a) Miletus.
(b) Palmyra.
(c) Smyrna.
(d) Sardis.

11. After the Jewish protests over Greek literature in schools, which of the following individuals lets his nephew die rather than accept a Greek doctor?
(a) Ismael.
(b) Isaac.
(c) Abraham.
(d) Joshua.

12. As "Disciplina Augusta, 251-271" begins, which of the following individuals does Hadrian credit with the suppression of the Jewish revolt?
(a) Diotimus.
(b) Arrian.
(c) Epaminondas.
(d) Suetonius.

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

14. After traveling to Jerusalem Hadrian arrives in Alexandria, but his arrival there is kept quiet until which other individual arrives?
(a) Lucius.
(b) Agrippa.
(c) Antinous.
(d) Sabina.

15. When Hadrian states that if the collapse of Rome happens it will concern his successors, he mentions that it is which year of the Roman era?
(a) 265.
(b) 762.
(c) 847.
(d) 349.

Short Answer 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?

2. As "Saeculum Aureum, 153-171" opens, Hadrian has passed the summer in which area?

3. Which of the following individuals dies shortly after Hadrian names Lucius his successor?

4. After Hadrian forbids the Jews from reestablishing themselves in Jerusalem, they settle in all BUT WHICH of the following cities?

5. After his villa is complete, Hadrian gives a series of banquets and discovers a love for women playing which of the following instruments?

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