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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 -Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What followed the pinning of the center of an army in Hannibal's tactics?
(a) A double envelopment.
(b) An envelopment .
(c) An attack from behind.
(d) An attack from the side.

2. What did Scipio do to prove his accusers wrong?
(a) He brouhg the head of Hannibal.
(b) He killed them.
(c) He destroyed a Celtic tribe.
(d) Make a mock battle.

3. What did Fabius Maximus figure out about Hannibal?
(a) That his brothers were the weak link.
(b) That his defeat didn't lie on the battlefield.
(c) That he would probably be defeated.
(d) That his army was invincible.

4. What were Carthaginians using in battle?
(a) Bulls.
(b) Camels.
(c) Chariots.
(d) Elephants.

5. Why did Hannibal send a force south for?
(a) Find food.
(b) Gather more support.
(c) Find shelter for the winter.
(d) Find and destroy the rest of the Roman army.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reputation did Hannibal have, according to some historians?

2. What was the common Roman tactic to overpower their enemies?

3. How did Polybius travel the Alps?

4. What order did Mago receive from Hannibal?

5. When was the battle of Cannae rediscovered?

(see the answer key)

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