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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. How many soldiers survived with Varro?
(a) 15,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 12,000.
(d) 10,000.

2. When did some aggressive Celts attack Hannibal?
(a) Mid Movember.
(b) Mid September.
(c) Mid December.
(d) Mid October.

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

4. How old was Africanus during his first battle against Hannibal?
(a) 16.
(b) 17.
(c) 14.
(d) 15.

5. When were the soldiers that survived Cannae allowed to return from exile?
(a) 204.
(b) 205.
(c) 203.
(d) 201.

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. What did Hannibal encourage his soldiers to do?

4. How did Hannibal learn what he knew about the Roman army?

5. What does the author say is speculation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Hannibal try to start with Fabius?

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

3. What changed for the ghosts of Cannae?

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

5. What weakness of Hannibal did Fabius Maximus figure out?

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

7. What did Hannibal begin doing?

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

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

10. What did the Romans turn to?

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