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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Sardis.
(c) Smyrna.
(d) Palmyra.

2. After the uncovered assassination plot, which of the following individuals increases the security around Hadrian in fear of a new revenge plot?
(a) Marcius Turbo.
(b) Servianus.
(c) Attianus.
(d) Fuscus.

3. After Hadrian forbids the Jews from reestablishing themselves in Jerusalem, they settle in all BUT WHICH of the following cities?
(a) Athens.
(b) Rome.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) Antioch.

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

5. After Antinous decides on a tutor, Hadrian says that which of the following individuals, a Stoic philosopher, asks his permission to retire from service by suicide?
(a) Chabrias.
(b) Aristomenes.
(c) Euphrates.
(d) Demonax.

6. After traveling to the Senate at the end of "Disciplina Augusta, 251-271," Hadrian returns to which of the following locations?
(a) Tibur.
(b) Carthage.
(c) Athens.
(d) Antinoopolis.

7. At which city does Hadrian meet with a nameless priestess when he begins plans to establish the cult of Antinous?
(a) Corinth.
(b) Decelea.
(c) Aegina.
(d) Eleusis.

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

9. During their stay in Alexandria, Hadrian, and Antinous embark on a hunting expedition for which of the following animals?
(a) Crocodile.
(b) Jackal.
(c) Mongoose.
(d) Lion.

10. Upon returning to Alexandria after their hunting trip, which of the following poets arranges a special entertainment for Hadrian and Antinous?
(a) Lucius.
(b) Julian.
(c) Mesomedes.
(d) Pancrates.

11. During the sight-seeing trip with his wife which is meant to cheer him, Hadrian realizes that it would be Antinous' birthday; how old would he have been had he lived?
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Twenty-three.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Twenty-five.

12. Hadrian and Antinous visit a temple under construction in Greece. Antinous feeds a ____________ that is brought there to consecrate the sanctuary upon its completion.
(a) Lion.
(b) Dove.
(c) Cow.
(d) Snake.

13. 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.

14. 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) Hermogenes.
(c) Lucius.
(d) Chabrias.

15. As he talks about how Antinous came to be part of his life, Hadrian compares him to which animal?
(a) Horse.
(b) Hound.
(c) Bull.
(d) Tiger.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the Jewish protests over Greek literature in schools, which of the following individuals lets his nephew die rather than accept a Greek doctor?

2. As "Disciplina Augusta, 211-233" opens, to which of the following cities does Hadrian return?

3. When discussing his relationship with his body in "Disciplina Augusta, 233-251," Hadrian says that he suddenly feels which of the following emotions?

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

5. Toward the end of "Saeculum Aureum, 153-171," Hadrian mentions that which of the following individuals has died?

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