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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) Survive winter.
(b) Cross it with an organized army.
(c) Raise an army.
(d) Climb above 8000 feet.

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

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

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

5. What did he tell the slaves the winner of the fight to the death would earn?
(a) Freedom, arms and a fast horse.
(b) The honor to fight for Hannibal.
(c) Freedom.
(d) A quick death.

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

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

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

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

10. What was Hannibal's army formation like?
(a) A backward letter "C".
(b) A backward letter "B".
(c) A backward letter "P".
(d) A backward letter "L".

11. Where did Hannibal put together his army?
(a) From Africa.
(b) From Gaul to Italy.
(c) From Spain to Africa.
(d) From Gaul.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Roman horsemen dismount during the battle?

2. What do historians agree on about Hannibal's troops?

3. What did Hannibal encourage his soldiers to do?

4. What hindered Hannibal's army in previous battles against the Romans?

5. When did the tide of the war start to turn for the Romans according to "Cannae"?

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