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Tacitus and The Burning of Rome

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1
Where did the great fire start?
A row of mansions
A temple
A market place
2
What DIDN'T Tacitus write?
The Dialogues on the Orators
The Annals
Agricola
Poetics
3
Where was Nero when the fire started?
Campus Martius
The Gardens of Maecenas
Antium
Circus Maximus
4
Which makes the better pet?
Puppies
Kitties
5
What reason does Tacitus suggest Nero has for destroying the city?
To punish the people who did not vote for him
To use it as an excuse to go to war
As part of an elaborate plot to kill Batman
He wanted to build a new city named after himself
6
What DIDN'T Nero do in response to the fire?
He spent his own money to rebuild the city
He opened the Agrippa and Campus Martius to the public
He organized a fire brigade
He lowered the price of corn
7
Who were the Emperors during Tacitus's lifetime?
Nero and Domitian
Caligula and Nero
Caligula and Claudius
Domitian and Tiberious
8
Who did Nero blame for the fire?
Barbarians
His political rivals
Tacitus
Christians
9
How does Tacitus hide his bias?
He doesn't openly accuse Nero. He only suggests Nero's guilt
He presents more than one interpretation of what happened
He includes a statement from Nero
He only presents the facts
10
Tacitus's disproved of Nero's plan to build a canal because he thought the project unworkable
False
True
11
What WASN'T Tacitus?
Writer
Orator
Statesman
Historian