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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happened to Maroboduus, the Marcomannic king?
(a) He was killed in battle against Britain.
(b) He was killed by the Romans.
(c) He was killed by other Germans.
(d) He was poisoned by his wife.

3. What was Tacitus' relationship to Agricola?
(a) He was Agricola's son.
(b) He was Agricola's son-in-law.
(c) They had no direct relationship.
(d) He was Agricola's military right hand man.

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

5. How did Agricola help rectify the treasury?
(a) He recovered stolen objects from temple robbers.
(b) He understood the economy of supply and demand.
(c) He issued more coins.
(d) He got rid of the corrupted officials in the department.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Domitian receive news of Agricola's successes?

2. What was Augustus's goal as a Roman leader?

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

4. Where did Rome tend to enact its rules?

5. Mattingly states all of the following are "characteristic weaknesses" of ancient Germans EXCEPT what?

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