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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Mattingly believes Tacitus underrated what about Rome and Germany's relationship?
2. How did Agricola help rectify the treasury?
3. What political harmony did Tacitus wish to see in the Roman Republic?
4. Mattingly observes what defect in Tactitus' writings?
5. What was one way a non-native established Roman citizenship?
Short Essay Questions
1. Tacitus believed what was the general custom concerning the dead in Germany?
2. Tacitus described marriage in German cultures. According to his description, what were common gifts between a man and woman that were to be married? What did the gifts symbolized?
3. Compare Britain's geographical location according to Tacitus' knowledge and to how it is known today.
4. Compare the role of women in German warfare to women in Roman warfare as Tacitus described it.
5. How was the "Clyde and Forth" both good for the British and the Romans?
6. How did Tacitus compare the German tribes' religious beliefs to each other and to the Romans?
7. How did Tacitus describe Agricola's tactic to gain the British tribes' submission?
8. Between "The Agricola" and "The Germania," what seemed most significant to Tacitus? What common underlying theme was observed in both books?
9. What did "civilization" mean to Tacitus?
10. What were some false beliefs Tacitus had about Britain?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is "The Agricola" a significant biography for British history?
Essay Topic 2
Describe Agricola's relationship with each of the emperors he served under.
Essay Topic 3
What evidence in "The Agricola" shows the story was as much a eulogy as a biography?
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