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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Dove.
(b) Cow.
(c) Lion.
(d) Snake.

2. During the visit to the magician in Canopus, the animal sacrifice is drowned. To which god is drowning intended to send the sacrificed animal in this ritual?
(a) Isis.
(b) Horace.
(c) Osiris.
(d) Bast.

3. While discussing his sadness at how things change despite his attempts to immortalize them, Hadrian says science has been at a standstill since which famous individual?
(a) Plato.
(b) Copernicus.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Galileo.

4. Hadrian talks about his reproach of Trajan for waiting twenty years to name a successor. How many years has Hadrian evaded the same issue?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Eight.

5. As "Disciplina Augusta, 211-233" opens, to which of the following cities does Hadrian return?
(a) Hadrianopolis.
(b) Rome.
(c) Antioch.
(d) Alexandria.

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

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

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

9. Which of the following individuals alerts Hadrian that Antinous has gone missing in "Saeculum Aureum, 189-211"?
(a) Lucius.
(b) Menecrates.
(c) Hermogenes.
(d) Chabrias.

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

11. While discussing his options for a successor, Hadrian mentions all BUT WHICH of the following individuals?
(a) Marcius Turbo.
(b) Marcus Aurelius.
(c) Julius Severus.
(d) Arrian.

12. Which of the following individuals declares Antinous dead after his body is found in the river?
(a) Menecrates.
(b) Chabrias.
(c) Hermogenes.
(d) Lucius.

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) Titus.
(b) Nero.
(c) Vespasian.
(d) Domitian.

14. As "Saeculum Aureum, 153-171" opens, Hadrian has passed the summer in which area?
(a) Rome.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Asia Minor.
(d) Germany.

15. At the end of "Saeculum Aureum, 153-171," Hadrian says that his once-turbulent relationship with which individual has cooled to a general indifference?
(a) Sabina.
(b) Attianus.
(c) Plotina.
(d) Marullinus.

Short Answer Questions

1. After his reflections on his own genetic makeup Hadrian says he completes the revision of which city's constitution?

2. When the Olympieion is dedicated in Greece, the country bestows all BUT WHICH of the following titles on Hadrian?

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?

4. To which of the following individuals does Hadrian give the responsibility of cleaning up during the Jewish rebellion in Jerusalem?

5. 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?

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