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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of Titus Livius's surviving books are about Cannae?
(a) 9.
(b) 10.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

2. What was the tablet Polybius studied made of?
(a) Steel.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Stone.
(d) Iron.

3. Why was Polybius brought to Rome?
(a) Keep the Gauls under control.
(b) Keep the Carthagenians under control.
(c) Keep the Greeks under control.
(d) Keep the Celts under control.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hannibal know of the Roman army according to "Carthage"?

2. What could cause confusion in the Roman army?

3. How did the average Roman soldier feel about the battle to come?

4. How did Polybius travel the Alps?

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

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