Quiz 4: Lessons 9-10

Question 1

a ship or galley with three tiers of oars on each side

Answer 1

trireme

Question 2

a general made sole military ruler during a time of crises

Answer 2

dictator

Question 3

a ship or galley with five tiers of oars on each side

Answer 3

quinquereme

Question 4

son of Hamilcar; general of Carthage

Answer 4

Hannibal

Question 5

Roman censor who suggests that Carthage should be destroyed

Answer 5

Marcus Cato

Question 6

son of the Scipio that was sent to Spain; defeated Carthage

Answer 6

Scipio Africanus

Question 7

Hannibal’s brother; slain at the battle of Metaurus

Answer 7

Hasdrubal

Question 8

adopted son of the most famous Scipio; sent to burn Carthage

Answer 8

Scipio Aemilianus

Question 9

consul taken captive when he led an attack against Carthage

Answer 9

Regulus

Question 10

founder of Carthage; clever with an ox skin

Answer 10

Dido

Question 11

dictator during the Second Punic War; used tactics that avoided having any open battle with Hannibal

Answer 11

Quintus Fabius Maximus

Question 12

consul who led attack on Carthaginians in Spain

Answer 12

Publius Cornelius Scipio

Question 13

Carthaginian general who swore to have revenge against Rome after the First Punic War

Answer 13

Hamilcar

Question 14

What are the years of the First Punic War?

Answer 14

264-241 BC

Question 15

What are the years of the Second Punic War?

Answer 15

218-202 B.C.

Question 16

When was Carthage destroyed?

Answer 16

146 B.C.