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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who were the first to be known as Germani?
2. Tacitus criticized the Sitones more than other German tribes because of what cultural difference?
3. What physical attributes did Tacitus describe in the German people?
4. How did the German tribe Ubii show pride in being a Roman colony?
5. A toga for a Roman youth was equivalent to what for a German youth?
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
Despite Tacitus' claimed that Germans seemed pure without intermarriages of other cultures, how did his work "The Germania" show otherwise. What evidence shows mixture of culture, habit, morals, ethics, and beliefs?
Essay Topic 3
What evidence in "The Agricola" shows the story was as much a eulogy as a biography?
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