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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 historic figure was known to visit Germany and found the city Asciburgium?
(a) Aulus.
(b) Homer.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Ulysses.

2. Why would the Cotini be more ashamed than other tribes because they worked in the iron mines of Germany?
(a) They could have used the iron to make weapons instead of tribute to the Romans.
(b) It was disgraceful against the German kings to mine the iron for anyone else.
(c) Iron mines were considered base because of its disturbance to the outdoor altars.
(d) The iron mines were considered as low of a job as a slave.

3. How was Arminius received at home after his win over Quintillius?
(a) He was neither celebrated nor thought of.
(b) He was paraded around.
(c) They looked upon him suspiciously of the truth.
(d) He was killed by his enemies that were his own countrymen.

4. How did the British help the Romans succeed in conquering more regions?
(a) The British allied with the Romans on campaigns into Germany.
(b) The British were fooled to give away their horses to the Romans.
(c) The British tribes fought against one another.
(d) The British underestimated the Roman leaders and was not prepared for war.

5. Where did Agricola stand when fighting with his men?
(a) In the very front.
(b) In the middle as his men surrounded him.
(c) He did not fight in the battlegrounds.
(d) In the back.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Rome tend to enact its rules?

2. What other country did Agricola want to conquer in order to surround Britain?

3. According to a Caledonian, what kept the Gauls and Germans under Roman rule?

4. What evidence shows Tacitus could have been wrong in claiming Domitian's triumph was a sham?

5. Why did Agricola build forts to surround newly submitted British?

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