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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 -Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Polybius brought to Rome?
(a) 177 B.C.
(b) 167 B.C.
(c) 147 B.C.
(d) 157 B.C.

2. What do some historians call the Second Punic War according to " The Fox and the Hedge-Hog"?
(a) The first African war.
(b) The last good war of Rome.
(c) The first world war of history.
(d) The longest war of Italy.

3. How many occasions to capture Rome did Hannibal have?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

4. What did Fabius Maximus figure out about Hannibal?
(a) That he would probably be defeated.
(b) That his brothers were the weak link.
(c) That his army was invincible.
(d) That his defeat didn't lie on the battlefield.

5. Who did Hannibal trick by letting him see his troops and attacking later on?
(a) Scipio.
(b) Rominus.
(c) Flaminus.
(d) Marcus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did ancient historians believe strongly in?

2. What was the tablet Polybius studied made of?

3. When did Hannibal learn of his dead brother?

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

5. When did Scipio go to Sicily according to "Resurrecting the Ghosts"?

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