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

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

3. 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.

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

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

6. 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) Falcon.
(c) Cobra.
(d) Horse.

7. 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) Twenty.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Twenty-three.

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

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

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

11. Upon returning to Athens after Antinous' death, with which friend does Hadrian stay?
(a) Hermogenes.
(b) Theognis.
(c) Phlegon.
(d) Arrian.

12. As "Saeculum Aureum, 171-189" opens, Hadrian reports that Antinous has become infatuated with passages by which famous writer and philosopher?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Plato.
(d) Sophocles.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following individuals declares Antinous dead after his body is found in the river?

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?

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

4. Hadrian discusses his travels after the installment of Antinous in his life. Outside which city do the local officials draw up enormous fires for Hadrian's troops?

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

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