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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the Germans' choice of arms?
(a) Horses.
(b) Spears.
(c) Trebuchets.
(d) Battle axes.

2. How could a German chief show prestige and power?
(a) In his number of kills.
(b) By his retinue.
(c) By his possession of gold.
(d) By the beauty of his horse.

3. In German culture, what did undergarments indicate?
(a) Social norm.
(b) Progressive.
(c) Insecurity.
(d) Wealth.

4. What did Germans fear for their women?
(a) An impoverished life.
(b) Enslavement.
(c) Starvation.
(d) Death.

5. How did having children help Agricola's career?
(a) He gained sympathy from Domitian.
(b) Fathers got special privileges.
(c) He gained more sympathy from his peers.
(d) It kept him home more often.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the Germans' squadrons grouped?

2. Who was the earth-born god of the Germans?

3. In addition to omens in a bird's flight, what other ways did Germans read omens and warnings?

4. What unique characteristic was observed in the Germans' holy places?

5. How do present historians know about British kings of the past?

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