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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 Tacitus falsely believe Britain had that was worth conquering?
(a) Good farming lands.
(b) Gold and silver.
(c) Iron.
(d) Excellent cattle and sheep.

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

3. What was Agricola's reaction to the first attack under his consul?
(a) He asked the emperor what he should do.
(b) He decided to wait and see.
(c) He sent a messenger with a surrender's note.
(d) He went where the action was.

4. For what reason would the Romans not bother to conquer a country?
(a) It did not have any form of resource.
(b) No reason. They would conquer any country.
(c) It lacked good agricultural lands.
(d) It was a poor country.

5. What other country did Agricola want to conquer in order to surround Britain?
(a) Gauls.
(b) Spain.
(c) Germany.
(d) Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tired of Roman rule, under whom did the British unit to revolt while Paulinus was in Britain?

2. During Agricola's praetorship, his responsibility of public games can be described as __________.

3. As stated by Mattingly, how does Tacitus compare to other historians of his age in regards to his writings about Germany?

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

5. How did Augustus handle the Germans?

Short Essay Questions

1. Close to getting a German province, Tacitus believed what caused Rome from procuring strongholds?

2. What did Tacitus intend to write in his old age, but why was it never written?

3. Describe the role and power of a Roman emperor as described by Tacitus.

4. Describe how Tacitus wrote about Agricola's role as a military apprentice under Suetonius Paulinus.

5. What was Tacitus' theory of why the sun did not set in northern Britain?

6. Tacitus claimed Germans felt what way about materials such as gold and silver?

7. How did Tacitus feel about the prime of his life in the Empire?

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

9. What are some of Mattingly's criticisms of Tacitus' works as a historian?

10. What about Agricola 's military strategy and career was criticized by Tacitus?

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