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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Hannibal's plan so risky?
(a) He had nowhere to run.
(b) His troops were vastly outnumbered.
(c) He would not have been able to resupply in food.
(d) He had no reserve troops.

2. What great military leader did Hannibal admire and study?
(a) Caesar.
(b) The Chinese emperor.
(c) Alexander the Great.
(d) Genghis Khan.

3. How many soldiers fought at Cannae?
(a) 110,000.
(b) 120,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 150,000.

4. Why were the Roman soldiers reluctant to destroy crops?
(a) They were farmers.
(b) They needed the food.
(c) The farmers were paying for their protection.
(d) Nothing would be able to grow back for a full seaon.

5. How was Publius Cornelius Scipio also known?
(a) Europeanus.
(b) Africanus.
(c) Asianus.
(d) Gaullus.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did Polybius travel the Alps?

4. What differentiated Romans and Greeks as far as religion?

5. When did the battle of Cannae take place?

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