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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 much of the Roman senate was in the army going to Cannae?
(a) Half.
(b) None.
(c) A quarter to a third.
(d) All of it.

2. What was Hannibal the first to do in the Alps?
(a) Raise an army.
(b) Cross it with an organized army.
(c) Climb above 8000 feet.
(d) Survive winter.

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

4. What did archeological finds show about Carthage?
(a) Infanticide was practiced regularly.
(b) It used mercenaries.
(c) It practiced human sacrifice.
(d) It was a matriarchy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some historians call the Second Punic War according to " The Fox and the Hedge-Hog"?

2. Where were the Romans not victorious during the Second Punic War?

3. What differentiated Romans and Greeks as far as religion?

4. What language did Hannibal speak besides Carthaginian?

5. What was even more difficult to do than going up icy slopes?

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