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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 the first sign of an invasion at Cannae according to Chapter 2?
(a) A dust cloud.
(b) Advanced scouts.
(c) Music.
(d) Food supplies arriving 24 hours before the Roman main army.

2. What did Hannibal lose while avoiding the Roman army?
(a) A leg.
(b) A finger.
(c) An arm.
(d) Sight in one eye.

3. How did the Romans signal their incoming battle?
(a) A tunic flew above Varro's tent.
(b) The horses were prepared.
(c) The solders were chanting.
(d) Horns were blowing.

4. How many cavalrymen died during the Battle of Cannae?
(a) 12,700.
(b) 22,700.
(c) 2,700.
(d) 32,700.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the tide of the war start to turn for the Roman according to "Cannae"?

2. What did Africanus do to protect his father?

3. What could cause confusion in the Roman army?

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

5. What followed the pinning of the center of an army in Hannibal's tactics?

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