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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did ancient historians believe strongly in?
(a) Their libraries.
(b) Their emperor.
(c) Their war.
(d) Their writing skills.

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

4. When was Carthage settled?
(a) 714 B.C.
(b) 814 B.C.
(c) 914 B.C.
(d) 614 B.C.

5. What was there little of in Carthage?
(a) Money.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Class conflict.
(d) Patience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did nations consider Carthaginians to be?

2. How many books by Titus Livius survive today?

3. What did the military tribune do to the Roman soldiers for the first time in history?

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

5. How many Romans died at Cannae?

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