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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. Tacitus claimed the British military's strength was in __________.
(a) The cavalry.
(b) The infantry.
(c) The weaponry.
(d) The knowledge of the lands.

2. What did Germans fear for their women?
(a) An impoverished life.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Enslavement.
(d) Death.

3. In German culture, what did undergarments indicate?
(a) Social norm.
(b) Progressive.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Insecurity.

4. Why did Tacitus feel the need to apologize for his life?
(a) He was a Senator during tyranny.
(b) He failed to prevent Agricola's poisoning.
(c) He failed to be as great as Agricola.
(d) He lacked in military success.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do present historians know about British kings of the past?

2. Why did Tacitus provide so much British history in "The Agricola"?

3. What special privilege did the Hermundui have in the Roman Empire?

4. Before Tacitus' time, a person who wrote an autobiography was considered to be__________.

5. During assembly, how did the Germans show respectful agreement?

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