Quiz: Germania

10 questions drawn at random. Score 80% for a silver medal.

1. 1. Which rivers separate Germany from the Gauls, Rhaetians and Pannonians?

   The Elbe and the Oder The Danube and the Vistula The Rhine and the Weser The Rhine and the Danube
2. 2. What does Tacitus say of German settlements?

   They live in wagons They have no cities and dislike joined houses They build in stone like the Romans They live in walled hill-forts on the high ground
3. 3. What does Tacitus say about the name “Germans”?

   It was given by Julius Caesar as an insult It is the oldest name of the race, from Mannus’s eldest son It was first the name of one tribe, now called the Tungrians, and spread to all It means “spear-men” in their language
4. 4. What happened to the Bructeri?

   They were destroyed by neighbouring tribes while the Romans watched They were made a Roman colony under a prefect of their own They were conquered by Trajan and resettled as farmers along the Rhine They migrated into Gaul after a long famine in their homeland
5. 5. How is business divided between the chiefs and the whole tribe?

   Chiefs deliberate on minor matters, the whole tribe on important ones Chiefs decide important matters, the people minor ones The priests decide all public business The king decides everything
6. 6. Which relationship do some Germans regard as even more sacred than that of father and son?

   That between grandfather and grandson That between a chief and his sworn followers That between brothers That between a man and his sister’s son
7. 7. What is the framea?

   A war chariot A long two-edged sword with a narrow blade A wicker shield painted in bright colours A short-headed spear, thrown or thrust
8. 8. What marks a young German’s entry into public life?

   Receiving shield and spear before the council Marriage Receiving a gold ring from the hands of his chief Killing his first enemy in single combat in war
9. 9. Which god, in Roman terms, do the Germans chiefly worship?

   Saturn, god of sowing Mercury Jupiter, the thunderer Apollo the healer
10. 10. What do the followers think “tame and stupid”?

    Fighting on horseback Acquiring by toil what they could win by blood Feasting before battle Taking prisoners