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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. How many soldiers survived with Varro?

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

3. Why were some of the Roman soldiers left behind?

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

5. What language did Hannibal speak besides Carthaginian?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Hannibal try to start with Fabius?

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

3. What changed for the ghosts of Cannae?

4. What did Hannibal know when the Romans dismounted?

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

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

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

8. What happened when Hannibal eluded Publius Scipio?

9. What did the Romans turn to?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Examine the role that religion and sacrifice had for the Romans and Carthaginians.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the history of the Roman legion and its structure.

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