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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) An attack from the side.
(b) A double envelopment.
(c) An envelopment .
(d) An attack from behind.

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

3. What was the Roman tradition when two armies came to fight together?
(a) The oldest commander took over.
(b) The commander with the most experience took over.
(c) The youngest commander took over.
(d) Each commander was commanding every other day.

4. Why did Hannibal not intervene as Marcellus took the city?
(a) He didn't want to reveal his position.
(b) He was too far.
(c) He did not care for the city.
(d) He was attacking Rome.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of Titus Livius's surviving books are about Cannae?

2. When did Hannibal learn of his dead brother?

3. How did Carthage deal with failure?

4. Where were the survivors of the Battle of Cannae banished to?

5. Who did Hannibal put in charge of the force sent south?

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