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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 do historians agree on about Hannibal's troops?
(a) They were hungry.
(b) They were tired.
(c) They were weak.
(d) They were turning against themselves.

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

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

4. How were the Romans able to defeat Carthage?
(a) By learning to fight like Hannibal.
(b) By amassing a larger army.
(c) By learning to fight like Greeks.
(d) By ignoring what their training told them.

5. What is unsure about Fabius and Minucius' armies?
(a) If they would fight against each other.
(b) If one would be in reserve.
(c) If they fight as one or separately.
(d) If they would fight one after the other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Fabius doing while burning structures and supplies?

2. What followed the pinning of the center of an army in Hannibal's tactics?

3. How did Hannibal gain the support of the Gauls?

4. What was the Roman tradition when two armies came to fight together?

5. What did Hannibal want his troops to do to destabilize the Roman army?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Hannibal know when the Romans dismounted?

2. What did Hannibal begin doing?

3. What did the Romans turn to?

4. What happened when Hannibal eluded Publius Scipio?

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

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

7. What were Hannibal's men and animals suffering from?

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

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

10. What did historians agree on regarding Hannibal's travels in Chapter 6?

(see the answer keys)

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