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Test Your Knowledge with Mr. Posey's Pantheon quiz

 


Answer the following questions based on your understanding of the Colosseum.

1. Which emperor built the Pantheon (as we know it today)?

Agrippa
Hadrian
Titus
Dominitian

2. To whom did Hadrian dedicate the Pantheon?

Titus
Agrippa
Julius Caesar
Dominitian

3. The hole in the middle of the dome is known in Latin as:

apertus
spina
linea alba
oculus

4. The Pantheon was the first temple to be built of?

titanium
concrete
ivory
gold

5. Who built the original Pantheon?

Jupiter
Hadrian
Agrippa
Julius Caesar

6. What destroyed the first two temples at this location?

flood
nuclear bombs
fire
earthquake

7. What does "pantheon" mean?

bread for the gods
the clothes of the gods
all the gods
one god

8. When was the original Pantheon constructed?

30-29 B.C.
27-25 B.C.
40-39 B.C.
35-33 B.C.

9. How high is the Pantheon's dome?

141-142 feet
200-201 feet
50-51 feet
100-101 feet

10. What are coffers?

sunken panels which can be seen in the Pantheon's dome
mythological figures on the Pantheon's facade
artistic representations of the gods
special mosaics on the floor of the Pantheon


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