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

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. 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?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Galileo.
(c) Plato.
(d) Copernicus.

4. As "Disciplina Augusta, 233-251" opens, things are going badly with which religious group?
(a) Christians.
(b) Muslims.
(c) Jews.
(d) Etruscans.

5. When discussing how he began to involve himself with other lovers, to Antinous' disgust, Hadrian says that he forced Antinous to endure the presence of a courtesan in which city?
(a) Palmyra.
(b) Miletus.
(c) Smyrna.
(d) Sardis.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. While discussing the events that lead up to Antinous' death, Hadrian says that a five-year drought ends upon his arrival in ____________.

3. When Antinous joins the Mithraic cult after a merchant suggests that he do so, in which city does the initiation rite take place?

4. After Antinous' death, which of the following individuals is a member of an Orphic cult that declares suicide a crime and, thus, tends to focus on the sacrificial aspect of the death?

5. As "Disciplina Augusta, 251-271" begins, which of the following individuals does Hadrian credit with the suppression of the Jewish revolt?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Hadrian consider the time period after he first meets Antinous a Golden Age in his life?

4. What is Sabina's final attitude toward Hadrian at the time of her death?

5. Why do the Jewish people consider the opening of schools where Greek literature is taught such a major problem?

6. When rumors begin to fly about the influence Lucius and Antinous must have over Hadrian, what reasons does he give that indicate these accusations are ridiculous?

7. Why, according to "Saeculum Aureum, 153-171," does Hadrian not divorce Sabina and be done with her?

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

9. Why, when Hadrian sets about finding a successor, does he say that the Roman tradition of adoption works best?

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

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