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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Eight.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Twenty-five.

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

3. After his villa is complete, Hadrian gives a series of banquets and discovers a love for women playing which of the following instruments?
(a) Wind harp.
(b) Lute.
(c) Castanets.
(d) Drum.

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

5. Which of the following individuals dies toward the end of "Disciplina Augusta, 251-271"?
(a) Sabina.
(b) Servianus.
(c) Marcius Turbo.
(d) Lucius.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Upon returning to Alexandria after their hunting trip, which of the following poets arranges a special entertainment for Hadrian and Antinous?

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?

4. At the end of "Saeculum Aureum, 153-171," Hadrian says that his once-turbulent relationship with which individual has cooled to a general indifference?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. As "Saeculum Aureum, 189-211" opens, what peculiar habit does Hadrian mention of Lucius?

2. Describe the three prospects Hadrian dismisses before finally settling on Lucius as his successor and why those three are dismissed.

3. Explain the result of Hadrian's ritual sacrifice on Mount Cassius outside Antioch.

4. What observations does Hadrian make upon first meeting Antinous?

5. What qualities strike Hadrian as special when he first meets Arrian of Nicomedia?

6. Why does Antinous refuse to have his palm read a few days after the sacrifice on Mount Cassius?

7. Why, in "Disciplina Augusta, 211-233," does Hadrian decide to commission a new history of Rome?

8. How does Hadrian respond to the Christian admonition which consists of "loving another as oneself" after he is approached by Quadratus to defend Christians?

9. According to "Saeculum Aureum, 189-211," why must it have been particularly difficult for Antinous to commit suicide in the manner he chose?

10. Why, when choosing a successor, does Hadrian settle on Lucius?

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