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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Hannibal in Carthage last?
(a) When he was 19.
(b) When he was 15.
(c) When he was 9.
(d) When he was 5.

2. How did Polybius travel the Alps?
(a) On a horse.
(b) Hiking.
(c) On a carriage.
(d) On an elephant.

3. How many books did Titus Livius write?
(a) 142.
(b) 162.
(c) 172.
(d) 152.

4. How many Roman ships were destroyed by a storm according to Polybius?
(a) 184.
(b) 284.
(c) 84.
(d) 384.

5. What was unique about the tablet Polybius studied?
(a) It was disctated by Hannibal.
(b) It was touched by Hannibal.
(c) It was inscribed by Hannibal.
(d) It was forged by Hannibal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Carthage deal with failure?

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

3. What did the Roman do when they liked something?

4. What was there little of in Carthage?

5. How long after Hannibals's invasion of Italy does Chapter 1 start?

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