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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How do present historians know about British kings of the past?
2. What special privilege did the Hermundui have in the Roman Empire?
3. What was a common duty for German men to do when not partaking in war?
4. Who got to voice their opinions in major affairs in German tribes?
5. What was so unique about the German tribe Chauci?
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
Despite Tacitus' claimed that Germans seemed pure without intermarriages of other cultures, how did his work "The Germania" show otherwise. What evidence shows mixture of culture, habit, morals, ethics, and beliefs?
Essay Topic 3
Describe how religion played a role in German culture. How was it involved in their history, their belief of human origin, warfare, etc.?
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