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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What language did Hannibal speak besides Carthaginian?
(a) Greek.
(b) Gaul.
(c) Celt.
(d) Roman.

3. How did Hannibal gain the support of the Gauls?
(a) He killed their leader and took his place.
(b) He faked a Roman attack.
(c) He paid them.
(d) He attacked a Gaul tribe, killed the men and boys and raped the women.

4. What was the Roman tradition when two armies came to fight together?
(a) Each commander was commanding every other day.
(b) The youngest commander took over.
(c) The commander with the most experience took over.
(d) The oldest commander took over.

5. How did the Romans signal their incoming battle?
(a) Horns were blowing.
(b) The solders were chanting.
(c) The horses were prepared.
(d) A tunic flew above Varro's tent.

6. How did Hannibal avoid Publius Scipio's army?
(a) By fleeing at night.
(b) By marching faster than Publius did.
(c) By hiding in a tree.
(d) By going through marshes.

7. What did Hannibal know about the Roman army?
(a) Their equipment.
(b) Their commanders.
(c) Their weakest men.
(d) Their strength and weaknesses.

8. What neighbor did Rome have trouble with?
(a) The Greeks.
(b) The Celts.
(c) The Gauls.
(d) The Venetians.

9. When did the Romans try to annihilate the neighbors they had trouble with?
(a) 202 B.C.
(b) 232 B.C.
(c) 212 B.C.
(d) 222 B.C.

10. What captive did Hannibal use to teach his troops a lesson?
(a) Gaullus II.
(b) Allobroge .
(c) Marcus Aurelius.
(d) Livy.

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

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

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

14. How many soldiers were taken prisoner by Hannibal during the Battle of Cannae?
(a) 8,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 19,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many soldiers survived with Varro?

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

3. What great military leader did Hannibal admire and study?

4. What was even more difficult to do than going up icy slopes?

5. What did Hannibal want his troops to do to destabilize the Roman army?

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