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

2. According to Mattingly, what was most important to Tacitus in his life?
(a) The reigning emperor.
(b) His mother.
(c) His family.
(d) His career.

3. Which Caledonian addressed the British men to inspire courage against the Romans?
(a) Cogidumnus.
(b) Calgacus.
(c) Boudicca.
(d) Cuchulain.

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

5. What did Tacitus credit to changing the Gaul's warlike past?
(a) Peace within Roman life.
(b) Tacitus' famous oration on peace.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Their inferiority to German warriors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rumor was spread after Agricola's death?

2. What happened to Maroboduus, the Marcomannic king?

3. How do modern historians identify Agricola's permanent forts?

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

5. Tacitus noted that the Germans felt which way about gold and silver?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Tacitus describe Fenni life and how they reached a state of contentment that was far from Roman life?

2. How did Tacitus commend Agricola's utilization of his armies during peacetime? What did Agricola do during peacetime?

3. What evidence does Mattingly suggest shows Agricola likely took a route to cross the river Annan?

4. When Claudius conquered parts of Britain, describe the way the British accepted this turn in history as Tacitus saw it.

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

6. What are some ways historians confirm Tacitus' account of Germany?

7. How did the promotion to patrician by Vespasian help Agricola? Tacitus believed Agricola strove for what in his career?

8. How did Tacitus compare the living arrangements of the Germans to the Romans?

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

10. Describe the Germans judicial system as Tacitus understood it.

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