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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What followed the pinning of the center of an army in Hannibal's tactics?
(a) A double envelopment.
(b) An envelopment .
(c) An attack from the side.
(d) An attack from behind.

2. When did snow close the passes in the Alps?
(a) Mid December.
(b) Mid October.
(c) Mid November.
(d) Mid September.

3. Why were some of the Roman soldiers left behind?
(a) To write down the account of glorious battle after the battle.
(b) To protect the camp.
(c) As a reserve.
(d) To protect their retreat should they need it.

4. What did Hannibal want his troops to do to destabilize the Roman army?
(a) Force them out as it was sunny.
(b) Force them out at night.
(c) Force them out before breakfast.
(d) Force them out during a torrential rain.

5. What did Hannibal do that contradicted his reputation?
(a) He didn't know how to read.
(b) He never killed a prisoner.
(c) He buried his dead enemies.
(d) He did not eat meat.

6. Who set traps for Hannibal's army?
(a) The Celts.
(b) The Gauls.
(c) The Moors.
(d) The Romans.

7. What was Fabius doing while burning structures and supplies?
(a) Avoided confronting Hannibal.
(b) Tried to crush Hannibal.
(c) Detaching a small unit to arrest Hannibal.
(d) Asked for more and more reinforcement.

8. How old was Africanus during his first battle against Hannibal?
(a) 17.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 15.

9. What did Hannibal encourage his soldiers to do?
(a) Fight.
(b) Take slaves.
(c) Leave.
(d) Be without mercy.

10. What is unsure about Fabius and Minucius' armies?
(a) If they fight as one or separately.
(b) If they would fight against each other.
(c) If one would be in reserve.
(d) If they would fight one after the other.

11. What was even more difficult to do than going up icy slopes?
(a) Taming elephants.
(b) Going down rocky slopes.
(c) Going down icy slopes.
(d) Feeding horses.

12. What reputation did Hannibal have, according to some historians?
(a) A butcher.
(b) A clever man.
(c) A monster.
(d) A good man.

13. What did Fabius Maximus figure out about Hannibal?
(a) That he would probably be defeated.
(b) That his defeat didn't lie on the battlefield.
(c) That his army was invincible.
(d) That his brothers were the weak link.

14. When did Hannibal leave for Italy?
(a) July or August.
(b) April or May.
(c) May or June.
(d) June or July.

15. How many legionaries died during the Battle of Cannae?
(a) 35,500.
(b) 55,500.
(c) 45,500.
(d) 65,500.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Hannibal the first to do in the Alps?

2. What do some historians call the Second Punic War according to " The Fox and the Hedge-Hog"?

3. How did Hannibal gain the support of the Gauls?

4. Where were the Romans not victorious during the Second Punic War?

5. How old was Publius Cornelius Scipio during the Battle of Cannae?

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