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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who settled Carthage?
(a) Louisa.
(b) Roberta.
(c) Elissa.
(d) Maria.

2. How did Carthage usually deal with military problems that arose?
(a) By hiring mercenaries.
(b) By turning to Rome for protection.
(c) By closing the city and playing dead.
(d) By bribing the attackers.

3. How much food did Hannibal's army have before the Battle of Cannae?
(a) 3 days worth.
(b) 10 days worth.
(c) 30 days worth.
(d) 20 days worth.

4. When did the battle of Cannae take place?
(a) August 2, 236 B.C.
(b) August 2, 216 B.C.
(c) August 2, 206 B.C.
(d) August 2, 226 B.C.

5. Why did Rome decide to destroy Carthage?
(a) Their literature threatened Rome.
(b) Their technology threatened Rome.
(c) Their military threatened Rome.
(d) Their wealth threatened Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Carthage deal with failure?

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

3. How many books did Titus Livius write?

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

5. Why are historians incapable of pinpointing the site of the battle of Cannae?

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