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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 question about Hannibal's travel is still unanswered?

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

4. How many legionaries died during the Battle of Cannae?

5. How did Hannibal avoid Publius Scipio's army?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did the Romans turn to?

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

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

6. What did Hannibal begin doing?

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

8. What would the Carthaginian soldiers do?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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