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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How long did those who serve in the military have to enlist for in periods of great danger?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 25 years.

4. How many soldiers fought at Cannae?
(a) 110,000.
(b) 120,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 150,000.

5. What did the Roman do when they liked something?
(a) They destroyed it.
(b) They bought it.
(c) They copied it.
(d) They called it Roman.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after Hannibals's invasion of Italy does Chapter 1 start?

2. Why did Hannibal choose to fight with the wind in his back?

3. How many Roman ships were destroyed by a storm according to Polybius?

4. When was Hannibal in Carthage last?

5. How was Carthage's reputation with other nations?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Carthage's reputation?

2. Why did O'Connell address the history of gladiators?

3. What biases came through in Polybius' writings?

4. Who was Titius Livius?

5. What thrived in Carthage?

6. What did the Roman soldiers likely have difficulty with at Cannae?

7. How did religion come into play?

8. What did Aristotle say about the Carthaginian government?

9. What gave Polybius access to research material?

10. What did the author compare the Punic War to?

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