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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Hannibal choose to fight with the wind in his back?
(a) So the Romanw cannot use arrows.
(b) So Hannibal don't have to smell the odor of the Roman food.
(c) So Romanw would have sand in their eyes.
(d) So the Romanw had to fight against the wind to move.

2. How many assembled bodies governed Rome?
(a) 4.
(b) 9.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

3. How much of the Roman senate was in the army going to Cannae?
(a) All of it.
(b) None.
(c) Half.
(d) A quarter to a third.

4. What were Carthaginian's writing mostly about?
(a) Record of transactions.
(b) Plays.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Funny novels.

5. What did nations consider Carthaginians to be?
(a) Immoral and barbaric.
(b) Gentle and intellectual.
(c) Good merchants.
(d) Too political.

6. What was unique about the tablet Polybius studied?
(a) It was disctated by Hannibal.
(b) It was forged by Hannibal.
(c) It was inscribed by Hannibal.
(d) It was touched by Hannibal.

7. What was Polybius of Megalopolis' goal?
(a) Write a book about the Celts.
(b) Write a book about the Gauls.
(c) Write a book about Hannibal.
(d) Write a book about Rome.

8. What were gladiators originally meant for?
(a) Entertainment.
(b) Close combat training.
(c) As a way to kill Christians.
(d) As a way to settle disputes.

9. How was Carthage's reputation with other nations?
(a) Not very good.
(b) As an enlightened nation.
(c) As a thief nation.
(d) As a fanatic nation.

10. How many Romans died at Cannae?
(a) 58,000.
(b) 148,000.
(c) 48,000.
(d) 38,000.

11. When was Carthage settled?
(a) 814 B.C.
(b) 914 B.C.
(c) 614 B.C.
(d) 714 B.C.

12. How did Polybius travel the Alps?
(a) On a carriage.
(b) On a horse.
(c) On an elephant.
(d) Hiking.

13. What did the tablet Polybius studied tell the story of?
(a) Hannibal's early life.
(b) Hannibals's achievement in Italy.
(c) The chronicle of a Roman prisoner.
(d) The story of a slave fighting for the Romans.

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

15. How was Publius Cornelius Scipio also known?
(a) Gaullus.
(b) Asianus.
(c) Africanus.
(d) Europeanus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was there little of in Carthage?

2. How long did those who serve in the military have to enlist for in periods of great danger?

3. What was the area where Rome was not contradicting itself?

4. How did Carthaginians in the military rise in rank?

5. When did the battle of Cannae take place?

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