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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were officials chosen for provinces?
(a) By the praetorian guards.
(b) The emperor chose for all provinces.
(c) The Senate chose for peaceful provinces and the emperor for restless ones.
(d) By the people.

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

3. Tacitus noted that __________ were often confused with Germans by the "civilized."
(a) The Celtics.
(b) The Spaniards.
(c) The Osi.
(d) The Gauls.

4. The beginning years of British conquest can be described as __________.
(a) The Romans fighting against a brick wall with no arms.
(b) A rollover of the British isle by the Romans.
(c) A swing of victories between both parties.
(d) A slow but progressive campaign by the Romans.

5. The invasion of Italy by the Germans was __________.
(a) Inevitable.
(b) Sudden.
(c) Expected.
(d) A slow creeping progress.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Augustus handle the Germans?

2. In the Introduction, Mattingly claims the Germans needed what if they were to ever reach maturity?

3. What happened to Maroboduus, the Marcomannic king?

4. Why was so interested in German culture that he wrote about it?

5. Tacitus noted that the Germans felt which way about gold and silver?

(see the answer key)

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