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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Agricola.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of the following, what was more resented by the people than tax?
(a) The emperor's power.
(b) Occupation of the Roman army.
(c) Profiteering tricks.
(d) The lack of citizenship.

2. How was Arminius received at home after his win over Quintillius?
(a) He was paraded around.
(b) He was killed by his enemies that were his own countrymen.
(c) He was neither celebrated nor thought of.
(d) They looked upon him suspiciously of the truth.

3. Tacitus felt what lesson was the hardest to remember in philosophy?
(a) Accordance between religion and humanities.
(b) Impartiality.
(c) A sense of proportion.
(d) Ethics.

4. The invasion of Italy by the Germans was __________.
(a) Sudden.
(b) Inevitable.
(c) Expected.
(d) A slow creeping progress.

5. What undertone does Mattingly suggest is written in "The Agricola"?
(a) The emperor is too egocentric to see the Empire's weaknesses.
(b) Agricola single-handedly conquered Britain.
(c) A political tone of moderation.
(d) The Roman Empire should never have tried to conquer Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Augustus handle the Germans?

2. Tacitus believed the Germans loved what the most?

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

4. What happened to the emperor of Rome?

5. How did Agricola's arrival in Britain differ from the usual arrival of a new governor?

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