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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 do historians agree on about Hannibal's troops?

2. What captive did Hannibal use to teach his troops a lesson?

3. When did some aggressive Celts attack Hannibal?

4. What question about Hannibal's travel is still unanswered?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Hannibal know when the Romans dismounted?

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

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

5. What did the Romans turn to?

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

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

8. What did Hannibal begin doing?

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

10. What would the Carthaginian soldiers do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Compare the cities of Rome and Carthage, examining their similarities and differences.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's comparison between Hannibal and Hitler and Carthage to Britain.

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