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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. What did Otho's fleet do to Agricola?
(a) Murdered his mother and plundered her fortunes.
(b) Surprise attacked him from the rear.
(c) Denied his power as consul and disobeyed his orders.
(d) Poisoned him.

2. How do present historians know about British kings of the past?
(a) From folklore songs.
(b) Ancient forts are always named after a king.
(c) From legends in storytelling.
(d) From native coins.

3. What did Agricola not live to see?
(a) Britain revolt and gain back all its land.
(b) His daughter get married.
(c) Domitian seige the Senate.
(d) Germany cross the Rhine into Roman territory.

4. Where did Rome tend to enact its rules?
(a) Amongst the impoverished rural areas.
(b) They were unsuccessful in doing so.
(c) In the cities and money classes.
(d) In the conquered colonies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What lesson from others' experience did Agricola consider when he was victorious in battles?

2. Mattingly states all of the following are "characteristic weaknesses" of ancient Germans EXCEPT what?

3. Tacitus believed the Germans loved what the most?

4. The invasion of Italy by the Germans was __________.

5. In German culture, what did undergarments indicate?

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