The Agricola; and the Germania; | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Introduction

1. Between which years was Tacitus alive?

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

3. According to Mattingly, what was most important to Tacitus in his life?

4. How did Tacitus handle his political position under an emperor?

5. Mattingly observes what defect in Tactitus' writings?

6. What style of writing did Tacitus follow?

7. What was Tacitus' relationship to Agricola?

8. How did Agricola's successes become so famous?

9. Where did Agricola primarily spend his time in the military?

10. What was Agricola best known for?

11. With which ruler did Agricola have the most tense relationship?

12. Why did Tacitus provide so much British history in "The...
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