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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 great military leader did Hannibal admire and study?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Alexander the Great.
(c) The Chinese emperor.
(d) Genghis Khan.

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

3. How did Hannibal gain the support of the Gauls?
(a) He killed their leader and took his place.
(b) He faked a Roman attack.
(c) He paid them.
(d) He attacked a Gaul tribe, killed the men and boys and raped the women.

4. How many times did Hannibal marry?
(a) Three times.
(b) Once.
(c) Four times.
(d) Twice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the tide of the war start to turn for the Roman according to "Cannae"?

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

3. What did Hannibal know about the Roman army?

4. What was Hannibal's army formation like?

5. When were the soldiers that survived Cannae allowed to return from exile?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What would the Carthaginian soldiers do?

4. What did Hannibal know when the Romans dismounted?

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

6. What did the Romans turn to?

7. What happened to Hannibal's armada in mid-September?

8. What reputation did Hannibal have among historians according to Chapter 4?

9. What did Hannibal learn about the Roman army by watching them?

10. What changed for the ghosts of Cannae?

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