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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Augustus's goal as a Roman leader?
(a) To conquer and restore Roman honor.
(b) To restore the Republic.
(c) To extend the Roman Empire to twice its size.
(d) To overtake all of Britain and Ireland.

3. How was Arminius received at home after his win over Quintillius?
(a) He was paraded around.
(b) They looked upon him suspiciously of the truth.
(c) He was neither celebrated nor thought of.
(d) He was killed by his enemies that were his own countrymen.

4. Tacitus summed up Agricola's features as __________.
(a) Charming.
(b) Stoic.
(c) Passionate.
(d) Striking.

5. According to Mattingly, what seems to be missing from Tacitus' accounts of Britain?
(a) Its climate.
(b) Agricola's role in the isle.
(c) Its geography.
(d) Its culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Tacitus feel the need to apologize for his life?

2. What did Domitian offer Agricola for his triumph?

3. In the Introduction, Mattingly claims the Germans needed what if they were to ever reach maturity?

4. What did Otho's fleet do to Agricola?

5. Why was so interested in German culture that he wrote about it?

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