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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was the tablet Polybius studied made of?
(a) Stone.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Steel.
(d) Iron.
2. How many Romans died at Cannae?
(a) 148,000.
(b) 58,000.
(c) 48,000.
(d) 38,000.
3. How did the average Roman soldier feel about the battle to come?
(a) Underprepared.
(b) Optimistic.
(c) That it was going to be a disaster.
(d) Left out.
4. How many books did Titus Livius write?
(a) 142.
(b) 162.
(c) 152.
(d) 172.
5. How did Carthage usually deal with military problems that arose?
(a) By bribing the attackers.
(b) By hiring mercenaries.
(c) By closing the city and playing dead.
(d) By turning to Rome for protection.
6. How many soldiers fought at Cannae?
(a) 120,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 110,000.
(d) 150,000.
7. Who settled Carthage?
(a) Roberta.
(b) Louisa.
(c) Elissa.
(d) Maria.
8. How many of Titus Livius's surviving books are about Cannae?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 10.
9. Why did Hannibal choose to fight with the wind in his back?
(a) So Hannibal don't have to smell the odor of the Roman food.
(b) So the Romanw had to fight against the wind to move.
(c) So Romanw would have sand in their eyes.
(d) So the Romanw cannot use arrows.
10. What was Polybius of Megalopolis' goal?
(a) Write a book about the Gauls.
(b) Write a book about Rome.
(c) Write a book about Hannibal.
(d) Write a book about the Celts.
11. How long after Hannibals's invasion of Italy does Chapter 1 start?
(a) 73 years.
(b) 53 years.
(c) 43 years.
(d) 63 years.
12. What did the Romans do after something failed?
(a) They tried something else.
(b) They assessed the situation and learned from it.
(c) They tried the same thing again.
(d) They wrote it down for future generations.
13. How long did those who serve in the cavalry have to enlist for?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 23 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 10 years.
14. How long after the battle did the survivors of the battle live by their oath?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 35 years.
(d) 30 years.
15. What did Carthage focus on?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Policing.
(c) War.
(d) Mercenaries.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did the Roman do when they liked something?
2. How did Carthaginians in the military rise in rank?
3. What were gladiators originally meant for?
4. What did the tablet Polybius studied tell the story of?
5. How was Publius Cornelius Scipio also known?
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