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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Germania.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Rome want to conquer Britain?
(a) Purely for victory over more lands.
(b) For revenge.
(c) For their gold and silver.
(d) For their knowledge of arms.

2. What did Tacitus credit to changing the Gaul's warlike past?
(a) Their inferiority to German warriors.
(b) Tacitus' famous oration on peace.
(c) Peace within Roman life.
(d) Agriculture.

3. Before Tacitus' time, a person who wrote an autobiography was considered to be__________.
(a) Insecure.
(b) Self-confident.
(c) Egocentric.
(d) Not worth reading about.

4. Mattingly observes what defect in Tactitus' writings?
(a) Carelessness in geography and military history.
(b) Misspellings.
(c) Exaggeration of stories.
(d) Carelessness in proper names and dates.

5. How did Agricola's father get Gaius the emperor angry at him?
(a) He defied orders and refused to conquer Britain.
(b) He attempted murder on one of his favorite Senators.
(c) He was famous and succeeded in life.
(d) He defied orders and campaigned past the Rhine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What weakness did Germans have that according to Tacitus made them easily defeated?

2. How could a German chief show prestige and power?

3. What benefit was there for Agricola when he married Domitia Decidiana?

4. What happened to the emperor of Rome?

5. Of the following, which title did Tacitus never hold?

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