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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Fabius doing while burning structures and supplies?
(a) Asked for more and more reinforcement.
(b) Tried to crush Hannibal.
(c) Detaching a small unit to arrest Hannibal.
(d) Avoided confronting Hannibal.

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

3. What were Carthaginian's writing mostly about?
(a) Record of transactions.
(b) Funny novels.
(c) Plays.
(d) Poetry.

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

5. What was Polybius of Megalopolis' goal?
(a) Write a book about the Gauls.
(b) Write a book about the Celts.
(c) Write a book about Hannibal.
(d) Write a book about Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did archeological finds show about Carthage?

2. When was Carthage settled?

3. Who was Scipio Aemilianus?

4. Why did Roman soldiers drown in the river during the battle of Cannae?

5. Why was Polybius brought to Rome?

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