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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why are historians incapable of pinpointing the site of the battle of Cannae?
(a) Maps of the area were lost.
(b) No location indications are given in the texts.
(c) Rivers and construction efforts changed the landscape.
(d) The river dried out.

3. How did Carthage usually deal with military problems that arose?
(a) By bribing the attackers.
(b) By hiring mercenaries.
(c) By turning to Rome for protection.
(d) By closing the city and playing dead.

4. How many soldiers fought at Cannae?
(a) 120,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 110,000.
(d) 150,000.

5. How many Roman ships were destroyed by a storm according to Polybius?
(a) 384.
(b) 184.
(c) 284.
(d) 84.

6. What was the common Roman tactic to overpower their enemies?
(a) Wait for the cavalery to break the rank and them attack with swords.
(b) Charged sword first.
(c) Encircle them quickly and charge toward the inside to kill them all.
(d) Knocked them on the ground with their shield and killed them with their sword.

7. How did Hannibal know of the Roman army according to "Carthage"?
(a) He had spies.
(b) He saw the column of dust.
(c) He heard the marching band.
(d) He heard from merchants.

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

9. What were Carthaginians using in battle?
(a) Camels.
(b) Chariots.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Bulls.

10. How much food did Hannibal's army have before the Battle of Cannae?
(a) 3 days worth.
(b) 20 days worth.
(c) 30 days worth.
(d) 10 days worth.

11. What did Carthage focus on?
(a) Mercenaries.
(b) Policing.
(c) Teaching.
(d) War.

12. How many of Titus Livius's surviving books are about Cannae?
(a) 10.
(b) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 9.

13. Where were the survivors of the Battle of Cannae banished to?
(a) North Africa.
(b) Carthage.
(c) Sicily.
(d) Gaul.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did those who serve in the military have to enlist for in periods of great danger?

2. What was the tablet Polybius studied made of?

3. What could cause confusion in the Roman army?

4. How many books by Titus Livius survive today?

5. What was the first sign of an invasion at Cannae according to Chapter 2?

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