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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of the most shameful acts a German soldier could do?

2. What did Tacitus claim was the purpose of "baritus"?

3. In addition to arms as gifts, what had the Romans influenced the Germans to accept as gifts?

4. What was unique about a betrothed German couple?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What evidence in "The Agricola" shows the story was as much a eulogy as a biography?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the history of the name "Germania." How did it come about, why and what made it stick?

Essay Topic 3

"The Agricola" is a "portrait of a career," according to Mattingly. How is this appropriate as a biography for both the writer Tacitus and the subject Agricola?

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