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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could cause confusion in the Roman army?
(a) Having new troops integrated.
(b) Having several commanders.
(c) Lack of training.
(d) Using several languages.

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

3. Why did Rome decide to destroy Carthage?
(a) Their technology threatened Rome.
(b) Their wealth threatened Rome.
(c) Their literature threatened Rome.
(d) Their military threatened Rome.

4. What did the tablet Polybius studied tell the story of?
(a) The chronicle of a Roman prisoner.
(b) Hannibal's early life.
(c) Hannibals's achievement in Italy.
(d) The story of a slave fighting for the Romans.

5. What did ancient historians believe strongly in?
(a) Their writing skills.
(b) Their war.
(c) Their emperor.
(d) Their libraries.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much food did Hannibal's army have before the Battle of Cannae?

2. What did the military tribune do to the Roman soldiers for the first time in history?

3. What was there little of in Carthage?

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

5. What did Hannibal likely not understand as he rose against Rome?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did O'Connell address the history of gladiators?

2. What did military tribunes do for the first time in history according to Chapter 2?

3. What did the author compare the Punic War to?

4. How did religion come into play?

5. What were young men trained to do even before entering the military?

6. What were the three assembled bodies?

7. What did the Roman soldiers likely have difficulty with at Cannae?

8. What was Carthage's reputation?

9. What biases came through in Polybius' writings?

10. What did Polybius examine when he hiked through the Alps?

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