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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 happened to the emperor of Rome?
(a) Died in old age.
(b) Understood the significance of the Senate during his reign.
(c) Assassinated.
(d) Killed in battle.

2. Present knowledge shows which group immigrated into Britain at least three separate times?
(a) The Celts.
(b) The Romans.
(c) The Vikings.
(d) The Gauls.

3. What did Otho's fleet do to Agricola?
(a) Poisoned him.
(b) Denied his power as consul and disobeyed his orders.
(c) Murdered his mother and plundered her fortunes.
(d) Surprise attacked him from the rear.

4. According to Tacitus, Agricola felt it was more "honourable to __________ than to hate."
(a) Be loyal.
(b) Love.
(c) Die.
(d) Hurt.

5. What generally separated the ancient Germans from other peoples?
(a) Physical landscapes.
(b) An ancient stone wall.
(c) An arbitrary political boundary.
(d) Seas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What held back efficiency in a German assembly of chiefs?

3. The British speech Tacitus paraphrased in "The Agricola" that was used to rally against the Romans can be summed up in which statement?

4. Between which years were Agricola's campaigns in Britain?

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

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