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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. Who settled Carthage?
(a) Maria.
(b) Roberta.
(c) Elissa.
(d) Louisa.

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

3. What was the tablet Polybius studied made of?
(a) Bronze.
(b) Steel.
(c) Iron.
(d) Stone.

4. What did archeological finds show about Carthage?
(a) Infanticide was practiced regularly.
(b) It was a matriarchy.
(c) It used mercenaries.
(d) It practiced human sacrifice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Hannibal choose to fight with the wind in his back?

2. What did the tablet Polybius studied tell the story of?

3. When was Hannibal in Carthage last?

4. What differentiated Romans and Greeks as far as religion?

5. How did Polybius travel the Alps?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Fabius Pictor?

2. What did Romans discover they needed to learn?

3. What question does the author address about the Battle at Cannae?

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

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

6. What gave Polybius access to research material?

7. How did some rise in military ranks?

8. What biases came through in Polybius' writings?

9. Who was Titius Livius?

10. What important survivor remained after the Battle at Cannae according to Chapter 1?

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