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Memoirs of Hadrian Quiz

Marguerite Yourcenar
This Study Guide consists of approximately 43 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Memoirs of Hadrian.

Memoirs of Hadrian Quiz

Marguerite Yourcenar
This Study Guide consists of approximately 43 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Memoirs of Hadrian.

Take our free Memoirs of Hadrian quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

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? (from Saeculum Aureum, 189-211)

2.

In the first few months of Hadrian's reign as emperor, he is forced to send which of the following individuals to Egypt to reestablish order? (from Tellus Stabilita, 95-122)

3.

When talking about his frustration with the movement of the equinoxes, Hadrian says that this precession was calculated long ago by which individual? (from Tellus Stabilita, 122-149)

4.

During the ceremony to inter Antinous' body, a sprig of what plant is placed upon his chest? (from Saeculum Aureum, 189-211)

5.

When Hadrian presses Antinous to pick a tutor, the boy chooses which of the following individuals? (from Saeculum Aureum, 153-171)

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