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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Chatti showed steady courage in warfare through what?
(a) Their steady chants.
(b) Their impressive unified steps into the beginning of a battle.
(c) They kept an unwavering flag throughout battle.
(d) Deliberate movements rather than quick rushes.

2. The German peoples can be described as __________.
(a) Frivolous.
(b) Ostentatious.
(c) Naive.
(d) Practical.

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

4. Present knowledge shows which group immigrated into Britain at least three separate times?
(a) The Celts.
(b) The Vikings.
(c) The Romans.
(d) The Gauls.

5. What historic figure was known to visit Germany and found the city Asciburgium?
(a) Ulysses.
(b) Aulus.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Homer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What custom did Chatti boys assume until they showed their worth of birth?

2. In German culture, what did undergarments indicate?

3. Of the following, which was one way a German became a slave among his own men?

4. What did Germans fear for their women?

5. Tacitus criticized the Sitones more than other German tribes because of what cultural difference?

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