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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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.

5. While in Alexandria Hadrian is visited by a Jew named Akiba from Jerusalem. For how many days do the two argue about renovations in Jerusalem?
(a) Eight.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Two.

6. Upon returning to Rome in "Disciplina Augusta, 251-271," Hadrian once again takes up his friendship with which of the following individuals?
(a) Fuscus.
(b) Servianus.
(c) Lucius.
(d) Arrian.

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

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

9. Hadrian finally decides to adopt Lucius, thus making him successor. Which of the following names does Lucius take after the adoption?
(a) Julius.
(b) Octavius.
(c) Antonius.
(d) Aelius.

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

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

12. When discussing his remaining family, Hadrian states that which jealous relative is still alive?
(a) Brother-in-law.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Uncle.
(d) Sister-in-law.

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

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

15. After the Jewish protests over Greek literature in schools, which of the following individuals lets his nephew die rather than accept a Greek doctor?
(a) Isaac.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Ismael.
(d) Abraham.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Saeculum Aureum, 153-171," Hadrian refers to which actor as his Greek partridge?

2. After traveling to the Senate at the end of "Disciplina Augusta, 251-271," Hadrian returns to which of the following locations?

3. Hadrian returns to Rome after he leaves Greece in "Disciplina Augusta, 211-233" and writes which document to codify the administration of Italy?

4. 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?

5. As "Saeculum Aureum, 189-211" opens, Hadrian reunites with his wife Sabina; he notes that she now surrounds herself with women of what profession?

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