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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Hannibal the first to do in the Alps?
(a) Cross it with an organized army.
(b) Survive winter.
(c) Raise an army.
(d) Climb above 8000 feet.

2. 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.

3. What was Hannibal willing to take?
(a) Advise.
(b) Criticism.
(c) Risks.
(d) Punishment.

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

5. How many cavalrymen died during the Battle of Cannae?
(a) 32,700.
(b) 12,700.
(c) 2,700.
(d) 22,700.

6. What question about Hannibal's travel is still unanswered?
(a) What clothes his army was wearing.
(b) Where he crossed the Alps.
(c) If Hannibal's family followed him.
(d) How he fed elephants.

7. What do some historians call the Second Punic War according to " The Fox and the Hedge-Hog"?
(a) The first African war.
(b) The longest war of Italy.
(c) The last good war of Rome.
(d) The first world war of history.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What followed the pinning of the center of an army in Hannibal's tactics?

2. What did Hannibal count on to toughen and train his troops?

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

4. When did Hannibal leave for Italy?

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

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