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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. What did Africanus do to protect his father?

2. What was even more difficult to do than going up icy slopes?

3. What did Hannibal count on to toughen and train his troops?

4. Where did Hannibal put together his army?

5. Who set traps for Hannibal's army?

Short Essay Questions

1. What would the Carthaginian soldiers do?

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

3. What changed for the ghosts of Cannae?

4. What did the Romans turn to?

5. What happened when Hannibal eluded Publius Scipio?

6. What did Hannibal begin doing?

7. What did Hannibal know when the Romans dismounted?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Hasdrubal Barca and Hannibal, and compare and contrast their strategies.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the three assembled bodies in Rome, and discuss how they governed and influenced war.

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