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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did snow close the passes in the Alps?

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

3. How many cavalrymen died during the Battle of Cannae?

4. Where did Hannibal put together his army?

5. When did the tide of the war start to turn for the Romans according to "Cannae"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did Hannibal try to start with Fabius?

6. What would the Carthaginian soldiers do?

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

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

9. What did Hannibal know when the Romans dismounted?

10. What happened when Hannibal eluded Publius Scipio?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of hedonism and how it affected the troops.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the importance of allies for both the Romans and the Carthaginians.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Second Punic War and the statement that it was the "first world war in the history of humankind."

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