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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 were the men in Sicily allowed to do for the first time since Cannae after joining Scipios' army?
(a) Speak Roman.
(b) Return to Rome.
(c) Eat bread.
(d) Winter in a settled area.

2. Why did Roman soldiers drown in the river during the battle of Cannae?
(a) Their armor was too heavy.
(b) They feared water.
(c) They never learned to swim.
(d) The stream was too powerful.

3. Who did Africa want to ally itself with to cut reinforcements to Hannibal?
(a) Gaul.
(b) Africa.
(c) Italy.
(d) Spain.

4. What was even more difficult to do than going up icy slopes?
(a) Feeding horses.
(b) Taming elephants.
(c) Going down icy slopes.
(d) Going down rocky slopes.

5. What trick did Scipio pull to destabilize the opposing army?
(a) Fight them at night.
(b) Conduct hit and run attacks.
(c) Drew them out before breakfast.
(d) Pretent to retreat and attack a few minutes later.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who died during the Roman takeover of the city?

2. What is unsure about Fabius and Minucius' armies?

3. What was unique about the tablet Polybius studied?

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

5. How did Hannibal gain the support of the Gauls?

(see the answer key)

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