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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Upon returning to Greece in "Saeculum Aureum, 153-171," Hadrian sets out to rebuild which city?
(a) Sparta.
(b) Athens.
(c) Thebes.
(d) Delphi.

3. 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?
(a) Byzantium.
(b) Hadrianopolis.
(c) Thrace.
(d) Bithynia.

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

5. After discussing the Jewish rebellion in Jerusalem, Hadrian takes a young tribune named _________ as his new aide?
(a) Rufus.
(b) Bethar.
(c) Celer.
(d) Simon.

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

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

8. Hadrian grows angry with a writer during his first discussions of his life at the villa and summons the writer to tell him that he is exiled. What is the writer's name?
(a) Juvenal.
(b) Papias.
(c) Justinian.
(d) Paris.

9. 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) Demonax.
(b) Euphrates.
(c) Chabrias.
(d) Aristomenes.

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

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

12. Which of the following statues does Hadrian NOT purchase for his native city of Italica during his stay in Alexandria?
(a) Diana.
(b) Athena.
(c) Hermes.
(d) Venus.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following famous sites does Hadrian travel with his wife soon after the death of Antinous?

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

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

5. Hadrian talks about his reproach of Trajan for waiting twenty years to name a successor. How many years has Hadrian evaded the same issue?

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