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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would help a defendant of a crime if Agricola was the judge of punishment?

2. What did Agricola not live to see?

3. How did Tacitus handle his political position under an emperor?

4. Tacitus claimed Domitian was ridiculed by the people for what reason?

5. What happened to Britain's hold after Agricola left?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Tacitus' theory of why the sun did not set in northern Britain?

2. Write a brief summary of the common plan that biographies, such as "The Agricola" follows.

3. How did Tacitus show bits of Roman life in "The Germania?"

4. What were some hints in "The Agricola" that showed Tacitus' true feelings about Domitian?

5. How was the "Clyde and Forth" both good for the British and the Romans?

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

7. How did the Roman profiteers take advantage of the British natives?

8. How did Tacitus describe Britain when Agricola was first stationed there?

9. Tacitus wrote "The Hundred" was what significance to Germany?

10. "The Germania" is the study of what in particular? Why was Tacitus so concerned?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the German tribes. How were each culturally the same or different? What were some factors that lend to the similarities and differences?

Essay Topic 2

"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?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Tacitus' outlook of Germany and Britain to the present outlook of Germany and Britain. How have the countries changed or stayed the same?

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