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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Roman horsemen dismount during the battle?
(a) They wanted to fight dismounted.
(b) Their general was injured.
(c) They switch side.
(d) They were ordred to do so to avoid going to much ahead of the ground force.

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

3. What differentiated Romans and Greeks as far as religion?
(a) Romans did not make human sacrifice.
(b) Romans were praying during battle.
(c) Romans had better name for their gods.
(d) Romans were more pious.

4. How long after the battle did the survivors of the battle live by their oath?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 35 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 15 years.

5. What hindered Hannibal's army in previous battles against the Romans?
(a) The cold.
(b) The dampness of the ground.
(c) Their slow elephant.
(d) The heat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Hannibal the first to do in the Alps?

2. What is unsure about Fabius and Minucius' armies?

3. Why was Hannibal's plan so risky?

4. Why are historians incapable of pinpointing the site of the battle of Cannae?

5. What did Hannibal want his troops to do to destabilize the Roman army?

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