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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 even more difficult to do than going up icy slopes?
(a) Taming elephants.
(b) Going down rocky slopes.
(c) Feeding horses.
(d) Going down icy slopes.

2. What do historians agree on about Hannibal's troops?
(a) They were hungry.
(b) They were tired.
(c) They were weak.
(d) They were turning against themselves.

3. How did Hannibal differ from other Carthaginians according to "Hannibal's Way"?
(a) He was not very religious.
(b) He was the son of a peasant.
(c) He was of Roman descent.
(d) He was not rich.

4. What did the Roman do when they liked something?
(a) They destroyed it.
(b) They copied it.
(c) They bought it.
(d) They called it Roman.

5. How was Publius Cornelius Scipio also known?
(a) Africanus.
(b) Gaullus.
(c) Asianus.
(d) Europeanus.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Polybius brought to Rome?

2. Why was Hannibal's plan so risky?

3. When did snow close the passes in the Alps?

4. What neighbor did Rome have trouble with?

5. What did ancient historians believe strongly in?

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