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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was there little of in Carthage?
(a) Patience.
(b) Money.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Class conflict.

2. How many of Titus Livius's surviving books are about Cannae?
(a) 2.
(b) 10.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.

3. What does Robert O'Connell describe the Punic War to?
(a) Napoleonic wars.
(b) The French Revolution.
(c) The Rose Wars.
(d) WWI and WWII.

4. Why was Polybius brought to Rome?
(a) Keep the Gauls under control.
(b) Keep the Greeks under control.
(c) Keep the Carthagenians under control.
(d) Keep the Celts under control.

5. Why are historians incapable of pinpointing the site of the battle of Cannae?
(a) Rivers and construction efforts changed the landscape.
(b) Maps of the area were lost.
(c) The river dried out.
(d) No location indications are given in the texts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many books by Titus Livius survive today?

2. How many Romans died at Cannae?

3. Where was Polybius of Megalopolis at the start of Chapter 1?

4. When was Hannibal in Carthage last?

5. What was Polybius of Megalopolis' goal?

(see the answer key)

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