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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who did Hannibal trick by letting him see his troops and attacking later on?
(a) Scipio.
(b) Flaminus.
(c) Marcus.
(d) Rominus.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Romans signal their incoming battle?

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

3. How many soldiers were taken prisoner by Hannibal during the Battle of Cannae?

4. What is unsure about Fabius and Minucius' armies?

5. Who set traps for Hannibal's army?

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