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

2. How long after the battle did the survivors of the battle live by their oath?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 35 years.

3. What did the Roman do when they liked something?
(a) They bought it.
(b) They called it Roman.
(c) They copied it.
(d) They destroyed it.

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

5. How was Publius Cornelius Scipio also known?
(a) Gaullus.
(b) Europeanus.
(c) Africanus.
(d) Asianus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the tablet Polybius studied made of?

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

3. What did the Romans do after something failed?

4. Who settled Carthage?

5. How many Roman ships were destroyed by a storm according to Polybius?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What biases came through in Polybius' writings?

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

4. What thrived in Carthage?

5. Who was Fabius Pictor?

6. What did Romans discover they needed to learn?

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

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

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

10. How did religion come into play?

(see the answer keys)

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