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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. During Agricola's praetorship, his responsibility of public games can be described as __________.
(a) Too sparse in public opinion.
(b) Excessive.
(c) A happy medium.
(d) Strictly prohibitive.

2. What happened to the emperor of Rome?
(a) Died in old age.
(b) Killed in battle.
(c) Understood the significance of the Senate during his reign.
(d) Assassinated.

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

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

5. What was Agricola's motivation to conquer Britain?
(a) Roman destiny.
(b) He wanted to impress his father.
(c) He wanted a triumph.
(d) He wanted to get the emperor jealous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Tacitus' time, a person who wrote an autobiography was considered to be__________.

2. When Agricola returned to Rome, why did he intentionally return at night?

3. What was Agricola's reaction to the first attack under his consul?

4. Mattingly believes Tacitus underrated what about Rome and Germany's relationship?

5. Tacitus credited whom for Roman successes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the Roman profiteers take advantage of the British natives?

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

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

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

6. What did Agricola give to Domitian in his will? How was it received by Domitian as Tacitus believed it?

7. Write a brief summary of the common plan that biographies, such as "The Agricola" follows.

8. Why did Tacitus provide so much British history in "The Agricola?"

9. Tacitus wrote "The Hundred" was what significance to Germany?

10. What did "civilization" mean to Tacitus?

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