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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 did Hannibal learn what he knew about the Roman army?
(a) By studying previous engagements.
(b) Nobody knows.
(c) By capturing Romans.
(d) Reading Roman publications.

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

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

4. What neighbor did Rome have trouble with?
(a) The Venetians.
(b) The Celts.
(c) The Gauls.
(d) The Greeks.

5. Where was Polybius of Megalopolis at the start of Chapter 1?
(a) Crossing the FrenchAlps.
(b) Crossing the Italian Alps.
(c) Crossing the German Alps.
(d) Crossing the Swiss Alps.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Publius Cornelius Scipio during the Battle of Cannae?

2. What did Hannibal lose while avoiding the Roman army?

3. How many horsemen did Hannibal's army have?

4. When were the soldiers that survived Cannae allowed to return from exile?

5. Where did Hannibal put together his army?

(see the answer key)

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