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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first sign of an invasion at Cannae according to Chapter 2?
(a) Advanced scouts.
(b) A dust cloud.
(c) Music.
(d) Food supplies arriving 24 hours before the Roman main army.

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

3. Where did the tide of the war start to turn for the Roman according to "Cannae"?
(a) Tiber.
(b) Greta.
(c) Massalia.
(d) Cannae.

4. How old was Africanus during his first battle against Hannibal?
(a) 14.
(b) 15.
(c) 17.
(d) 16.

5. How did Hannibal learn what he knew about the Roman army?
(a) By capturing Romans.
(b) Nobody knows.
(c) By studying previous engagements.
(d) Reading Roman publications.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Africanus do to protect his father?

2. How many books by Titus Livius survive today?

3. Where did Hannibal put together his army?

4. How many assembled bodies governed Rome?

5. What was Hannibal's army formation like?

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