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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 some historians call the Second Punic War according to " The Fox and the Hedge-Hog"?

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

3. What was established in Hannibal's army during the trip to Italy?

4. Where did Hannibal put together his army?

5. What is unsure about Fabius and Minucius' armies?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What would the Carthaginian soldiers do?

4. What changed for the ghosts of Cannae?

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

6. What did the Romans turn to?

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

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

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

10. What did Hannibal know when the Romans dismounted?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the history of infanticide and how people viewed Carthaginians.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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