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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Africanus do to protect his father?
(a) Round up women.
(b) Round up horsemen.
(c) Round up spearmen.
(d) Round up soldiers.

2. What did Hannibal count on to toughen and train his troops?
(a) The tough terrain on the way to Italy.
(b) A severe training program.
(c) Games during the trip to Italy.
(d) Battling small tribes on the way to Italy.

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

4. Where did the tide of the war start to turn for the Roman according to "Cannae"?
(a) Massalia.
(b) Tiber.
(c) Greta.
(d) Cannae.

5. What was established in Hannibal's army during the trip to Italy?
(a) A training program.
(b) 5 small cities.
(c) An inner group of advisors.
(d) A rigid chain of command.

6. What did Hannibal lose while avoiding the Roman army?
(a) A leg.
(b) A finger.
(c) Sight in one eye.
(d) An arm.

7. How were the Romans able to defeat Carthage?
(a) By amassing a larger army.
(b) By learning to fight like Greeks.
(c) By learning to fight like Hannibal.
(d) By ignoring what their training told them.

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

9. How old was Publius Cornelius Scipio during the Battle of Cannae?
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 19.
(d) 25.

10. How many soldiers survived with Varro?
(a) 12,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 15,000.

11. How many times did Hannibal marry?
(a) Twice.
(b) Once.
(c) Three times.
(d) Four times.

12. How did Hannibal learn what he knew about the Roman army?
(a) Reading Roman publications.
(b) By capturing Romans.
(c) Nobody knows.
(d) By studying previous engagements.

13. How many horsemen did Hannibal's army have?
(a) One for every 4 foot soldiers.
(b) One for every 12 foot soldiers.
(c) One for every 15 foot soldiers.
(d) One for every 13 foot soldiers.

14. What did Hannibal's troops find in Cannae that helped them?
(a) A weaponsmith.
(b) Grain storage and supply dump.
(c) Volunteers.
(d) Horses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the soldiers that survived Cannae allowed to return from exile?

2. What was Fabius doing while burning structures and supplies?

3. Why did the Battle at Cannae have to come quickly?

4. What captive did Hannibal use to teach his troops a lesson?

5. When did Hannibal leave for Italy?

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