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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Carthaginian's writing mostly about?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Record of transactions.
(c) Funny novels.
(d) Plays.

2. What were gladiators originally meant for?
(a) Entertainment.
(b) As a way to kill Christians.
(c) Close combat training.
(d) As a way to settle disputes.

3. How many assembled bodies governed Rome?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 9.
(d) 5.

4. What was the area where Rome was not contradicting itself?
(a) Warfare.
(b) Economy.
(c) Politics.
(d) Education.

5. Why did Hannibal choose to fight with the wind in his back?
(a) So the Romanw had to fight against the wind to move.
(b) So the Romanw cannot use arrows.
(c) So Romanw would have sand in their eyes.
(d) So Hannibal don't have to smell the odor of the Roman food.

6. What was unique about the tablet Polybius studied?
(a) It was touched by Hannibal.
(b) It was forged by Hannibal.
(c) It was disctated by Hannibal.
(d) It was inscribed by Hannibal.

7. How long did those who serve in the cavalry have to enlist for?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 23 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 20 years.

8. Who was Scipio Aemilianus?
(a) The son of the one of the Roman consul in the Cannae battle.
(b) The brother of the one of the Roman consul in the Cannae battle.
(c) The grandson of the one of the Roman consul in the Cannae battle.
(d) The cousin of the one of the Roman consul in the Cannae battle.

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

10. Why was Hannibal's plan so risky?
(a) His troops were vastly outnumbered.
(b) He would not have been able to resupply in food.
(c) He had nowhere to run.
(d) He had no reserve troops.

11. How did Carthage deal with failure?
(a) By imposing fines.
(b) By using crucifiction.
(c) By demoting officer to soldier.
(d) By banishing people.

12. When was Carthage settled?
(a) 814 B.C.
(b) 914 B.C.
(c) 714 B.C.
(d) 614 B.C.

13. Why did ancient historians make their work entertaining and dramatic?
(a) So it was interesting for school children.
(b) So it could be shared with illiterates.
(c) To be used a a recruiting tool.
(d) To children could read it.

14. What did nations consider Carthaginians to be?
(a) Immoral and barbaric.
(b) Too political.
(c) Good merchants.
(d) Gentle and intellectual.

15. When did the battle of Cannae take place?
(a) August 2, 206 B.C.
(b) August 2, 236 B.C.
(c) August 2, 226 B.C.
(d) August 2, 216 B.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Polybius of Megalopolis' goal?

2. When was Hannibal in Carthage last?

3. Why did Rome decide to destroy Carthage?

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

5. How was Carthage's reputation with other nations?

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