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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Mattingly, what seems to be missing from Tacitus' accounts of Britain?
(a) Its culture.
(b) Its geography.
(c) Its climate.
(d) Agricola's role in the isle.

2. How did the British help the Romans succeed in conquering more regions?
(a) The British were fooled to give away their horses to the Romans.
(b) The British allied with the Romans on campaigns into Germany.
(c) The British tribes fought against one another.
(d) The British underestimated the Roman leaders and was not prepared for war.

3. Who was ruling the Roman Empire when Gallic tribes revolted against Rome and proclaimed their own empire?
(a) Augustus.
(b) Domitian.
(c) Trajan.
(d) Vespasian.

4. How did Agricola's father get Gaius the emperor angry at him?
(a) He defied orders and campaigned past the Rhine.
(b) He defied orders and refused to conquer Britain.
(c) He attempted murder on one of his favorite Senators.
(d) He was famous and succeeded in life.

5. Where did Rome tend to enact its rules?
(a) They were unsuccessful in doing so.
(b) In the cities and money classes.
(c) Amongst the impoverished rural areas.
(d) In the conquered colonies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What benefit was there for Agricola when he married Domitia Decidiana?

2. What was Augustus's goal as a Roman leader?

3. What did Tacitus deny existed in Germany?

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

5. What other country did Agricola want to conquer in order to surround Britain?

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