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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Domitian offer Agricola for his triumph?
(a) A post in Germany.
(b) Syria.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A parade.

2. What was the outcome when the British launched a night attack on the 9th legion?
(a) The British succeeded and brought the momentum into future battles.
(b) Agricola followed and attacked the British from the rear.
(c) The 9th legion lost many and got incorporated into Agricola's legion.
(d) Despite the surprise, the sheer number outweighed the British and the 9th legion won.

3. According to a Caledonian, what kept the Gauls and Germans under Roman rule?
(a) The benefits under Roman rule.
(b) Lack of warfare experience.
(c) Terror and intimidation.
(d) Indolence.

4. How did Agricola's arrival in Britain differ from the usual arrival of a new governor?
(a) The legions saluted him.
(b) There was no pagaentry.
(c) The auxiliaries had put on a military salute for him.
(d) There was a parade.

5. Tacitus noted that the Germans felt which way about gold and silver?
(a) They had no personal taste for it.
(b) They were acquired greedily by the wealthy.
(c) They used it for trade between Germans only.
(d) They believed gold and silver were the best metal for weaponry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Agricola's death received in general?

2. According to Mattingly, what was most important to Tacitus in his life?

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

4. For what reason would the Romans not bother to conquer a country?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did "civilization" mean to Tacitus?

2. How did Tacitus show bits of Roman life in "The Germania?"

3. How did the Roman Empire begin with Julius Caesar?

4. Compare the role of women in German warfare to women in Roman warfare as Tacitus described it.

5. Describe reasons why the British believed "peacetime" under Roman rule was equivalent to slavery.

6. "The Germania" is the study of what in particular? Why was Tacitus so concerned?

7. Why did Tacitus believe it was unlikely the Germans were immigrants from elsewhere?

8. Tacitus felt what factors caused turmoil in the Roman Republic?

9. Between "The Agricola" and "The Germania," what seemed most significant to Tacitus? What common underlying theme was observed in both books?

10. What were some hints in "The Agricola" that showed Tacitus' true feelings about Domitian?

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