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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many soldiers survived with Varro?
(a) 15,000.
(b) 12,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 10,000.

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

3. What did nations consider Carthaginians to be?
(a) Good merchants.
(b) Gentle and intellectual.
(c) Too political.
(d) Immoral and barbaric.

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

5. How long after Hannibals's invasion of Italy does Chapter 1 start?
(a) 73 years.
(b) 63 years.
(c) 53 years.
(d) 43 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Hannibal's plan so risky?

2. What question about Hannibal's travel is still unanswered?

3. What did Africanus do to protect his father?

4. Why were some of the Roman soldiers left behind?

5. What did the tablet Polybius studied tell the story of?

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