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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 was one way a non-native established Roman citizenship?
(a) Gave useful military information.
(b) Worked in the emperor's household.
(c) Enlisted in the army.
(d) Became a slave for seven years.

2. Which German tribe(s) invaded Italy in 113 B.C.?
(a) Seubi.
(b) Osi.
(c) Cimbri and Teutoni.
(d) Fenni.

3. Where did Rome tend to enact its rules?
(a) In the conquered colonies.
(b) They were unsuccessful in doing so.
(c) In the cities and money classes.
(d) Amongst the impoverished rural areas.

4. Before Tacitus' time, a person who wrote an autobiography was considered to be__________.
(a) Insecure.
(b) Not worth reading about.
(c) Self-confident.
(d) Egocentric.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What benefit was there for Agricola when he married Domitia Decidiana?

2. "The Germania" is believed to come from a single manuscript written in what century?

3. With which ruler did Agricola have the most tense relationship?

4. The German peoples can be described as __________.

5. Mattingly observes what defect in Tactitus' writings?

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