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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Julian spends his last moments before dying with:
(a) Victor and Jovian.
(b) Priscus and Maximus.
(c) Callistus.
(d) Libanius and Priscus.

2. The oracle that Oribasius consults states that Julian is destined:
(a) To triumph in his war with Persia.
(b) Not to restore the temple at Delphi.
(c) To die without a male heir.
(d) To succeed in his quest for enlightenment.

3. While Julian is in Antioch, he decrees that Christians are not to teach:
(a) The Old Testament.
(b) Birth control.
(c) The classics.
(d) The gospels.

4. After Julian's death, _____ is named emperor.
(a) Maximus.
(b) Antonius.
(c) Julius.
(d) Jovian.

5. Salatius warns Julian that the troops are singing a song about:
(a) Returning home without him.
(b) The gods favoring Persia to win the war.
(c) His deaf-mute servant.
(d) The beautiful, desirable women of Persia.

6. The deaf-mute child Julian saves from his men becomes:
(a) A spy for the Persian army.
(b) Devoted to Julian for the rest of his life.
(c) A masseuse.
(d) A secret messenger.

7. After a key battle against the Persian army, Julian becomes angry when his sacrifice goes awry, and vows:
(a) Never to sacrifice to Aries, the god of war, again.
(b) To double the sacrifice next time.
(c) To ask God's forgiveness for his transgressions.
(d) To sharpen his knife.

8. When Julian gives orders for the army to head north, it is a sign that they are headed:
(a) Towards Macedonia.
(b) For defeat.
(c) Into Gaul.
(d) Back to Rome.

9. When Libanius is refused permission to publish the Julian manuscript, his reaction is:
(a) He is extremely disappointed.
(b) He publishes the manuscript secretly.
(c) He takes out some details to make the manuscript more acceptable.
(d) He changes the title and the names of some of the characters.

10. In the cities he visits en route to Persia, Julian attempts to get people to perform:
(a) The plays of Euripedes and Sophecles.
(b) The rites of the deities.
(c) The Olympic Torch Ceremony.
(d) The Odyssey.

11. Maximus claims to tell about the location and manner of Julian's death by:
(a) Aries, the sun god.
(b) Callistus.
(c) The angel Gabriel.
(d) Persephone, the Queen of the Dead.

12. Just a few miles from the Tigris River, Julian declares a brief respite from the fighting to:
(a) Pray, fast and meditate on his next steps.
(b) Repair the straps of his armor.
(c) Allow his lame horse to rest.
(d) Catch up on his journal so there is an accurate transcription of the events.

13. Julian demonstrates his religious zeal by all of the following except:
(a) Going to confession.
(b) Slaughtering 100 bulls.
(c) Sacrificing 1000 white birds.
(d) Praying to the deities.

14. Near Maiozamalcha, Julian and a small scouting party encounter:
(a) An ambush.
(b) A eunuch.
(c) A lion.
(d) An arsenal.

15. Julian's army meets up with the Persian army in Section XX, near:
(a) Cairo.
(b) Addis Ababa.
(c) Ctesiphon.
(d) Anatha.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Julian's friend Maximus arrives in Constantinople, the two friends discuss a plan for a military campaign against:

2. It is in Maiozamalcha that Julian finds the boy who becomes his servant. The boy is:

3. With the success of his Persia campaign, Julian boasts to his generals that:

4. Julian finds the city of Nicromedia in ruins because of:

5. After his initial confrontation with the Persians, Julian slaughters:

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