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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was Hannibal the first to do in the Alps?
(a) Cross it with an organized army.
(b) Climb above 8000 feet.
(c) Survive winter.
(d) Raise an army.
2. What reputation did Hannibal have, according to some historians?
(a) A monster.
(b) A butcher.
(c) A good man.
(d) A clever man.
3. What do some historians call the Second Punic War according to " The Fox and the Hedge-Hog"?
(a) The longest war of Italy.
(b) The first world war of history.
(c) The first African war.
(d) The last good war of Rome.
4. What did Hannibal count on to toughen and train his troops?
(a) The tough terrain on the way to Italy.
(b) Games during the trip to Italy.
(c) A severe training program.
(d) Battling small tribes on the way to Italy.
5. Where did the tide of the war start to turn for the Roman according to "Cannae"?
(a) Greta.
(b) Cannae.
(c) Tiber.
(d) Massalia.
6. What was Hannibal willing to take?
(a) Criticism.
(b) Punishment.
(c) Risks.
(d) Advise.
7. What did Africanus do to protect his father?
(a) Round up spearmen.
(b) Round up soldiers.
(c) Round up horsemen.
(d) Round up women.
8. What choice did Hannibal tell his men was better that slavery?
(a) Retreat.
(b) Conquest.
(c) Death or conquest.
(d) Bribbing oneself out of prison.
9. Where were the Romans not victorious during the Second Punic War?
(a) In Italy.
(b) In Africa.
(c) In Gaul.
(d) In Spain.
10. What was Hannibal's army formation like?
(a) A backward letter "P".
(b) A backward letter "L".
(c) A backward letter "C".
(d) A backward letter "B".
11. What did Hannibal want his troops to do to destabilize the Roman army?
(a) Force them out as it was sunny.
(b) Force them out before breakfast.
(c) Force them out at night.
(d) Force them out during a torrential rain.
12. What was even more difficult to do than going up icy slopes?
(a) Feeding horses.
(b) Going down icy slopes.
(c) Taming elephants.
(d) Going down rocky slopes.
13. How did the Romans signal their incoming battle?
(a) The solders were chanting.
(b) A tunic flew above Varro's tent.
(c) Horns were blowing.
(d) The horses were prepared.
14. How were the Romans able to defeat Carthage?
(a) By learning to fight like Hannibal.
(b) By learning to fight like Greeks.
(c) By amassing a larger army.
(d) By ignoring what their training told them.
15. What hindered Hannibal's army in previous battles against the Romans?
(a) The cold.
(b) The heat.
(c) Their slow elephant.
(d) The dampness of the ground.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did he tell the slaves the winner of the fight to the death would earn?
2. How many times did Hannibal marry?
3. How many legionaries died during the Battle of Cannae?
4. Why did Roman horsemen dismount during the battle?
5. What did Hannibal know about the Roman army?
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