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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Hannibal trick by letting him see his troops and attacking later on?

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

3. When did the Romans try to annihilate the neighbors they had trouble with?

4. What did Fabius Maximus figure out about Hannibal?

5. How old was Africanus during his first battle against Hannibal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened in Rome after the battle in Cannae?

2. What did the Romans turn to?

3. What was the trip like as Hannibal put together his armada?

4. What was the one fact about Hannibal that went without dispute?

5. What changed for the ghosts of Cannae?

6. What did the Romans go into the battle thinking?

7. What did Hannibal begin doing?

8. Who set up a trap for Hannibal and his men?

9. What is a plausible statement according to O'Connell in Chapter 5?

10. Who was Hannibal met by when they crossed the Alps and what happened?

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