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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 -Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Favian decide to do to weaken Hannibal without fighting him?
(a) Go after his allies.
(b) Go after his supplies.
(c) Go after his elephants.
(d) Go after his money.

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

3. What did he tell the slaves the winner of the fight to the death would earn?
(a) Freedom.
(b) A quick death.
(c) The honor to fight for Hannibal.
(d) Freedom, arms and a fast horse.

4. What weak point did Rome discover in the city they were trying to take?
(a) A hidden passage.
(b) An open gate.
(c) A lower wall.
(d) A broken door.

5. When was Hannibal in Carthage last?
(a) When he was 19.
(b) When he was 15.
(c) When he was 5.
(d) When he was 9.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the king of Macedon want to do?

3. Why did Scipio's army start to fall apart?

4. When did the tide of the war start to turn for the Romans according to "Cannae"?

5. When was Polybius brought to Rome?

(see the answer key)

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