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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were officials chosen for provinces?
(a) The Senate chose for peaceful provinces and the emperor for restless ones.
(b) By the praetorian guards.
(c) By the people.
(d) The emperor chose for all provinces.

2. Between which years were Agricola's campaigns in Britain?
(a) 78-84 A.D.
(b) 53-68 A.D.
(c) 578 A.D. - 584 A.D.
(d) 2 A.D. - 7 A.D.

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

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

5. What was Agricola's motivation to conquer Britain?
(a) Roman destiny.
(b) He wanted to get the emperor jealous.
(c) He wanted a triumph.
(d) He wanted to impress his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Introduction, Mattingly claims the Germans needed what if they were to ever reach maturity?

2. Tacitus believed the Germans loved what the most?

3. Of the following, which title did Tacitus never hold?

4. When Cerealis became the British governor, how did Agricola prove himself to him?

5. According to Mattingly, what seems to be missing from Tacitus' accounts of Britain?

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