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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Notes, Bibliography, and Glossary.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were the only ones allowed to decide on capital punishment, imprisonment, and flogging?
(a) Chiefs.
(b) Kings.
(c) Priests.
(d) Generals.

2. What held back efficiency in a German assembly of chiefs?
(a) Lack of punctuality.
(b) Lack of leadership.
(c) Stubborness.
(d) Drink.

3. A toga for a Roman youth was equivalent to what for a German youth?
(a) A shield and spear.
(b) A horse and spear.
(c) An axe and helmet.
(d) A chainmail.

4. How did Agricola's successes become so famous?
(a) Trajan wrote a famous eulogy.
(b) Via Domitian's excessive praise.
(c) Through Tacitus' writings.
(d) The number of archaelogical evidence of his forts.

5. The invasion of Italy by the Germans was __________.
(a) Sudden.
(b) A slow creeping progress.
(c) Expected.
(d) Inevitable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the following, which was one way a German became a slave among his own men?

2. The German peoples can be described as __________.

3. What was Rome's knowledge of Britain during Tacitus' lifetime?

4. Mattingly suggests modern Germany thinks of "The Germania" in what way?

5. Tacitus claimed the British military's strength was in __________.

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