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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 followed the pinning of the center of an army in Hannibal's tactics?
2. What neighbor did Rome have trouble with?
3. How many soldiers survived with Varro?
4. What did Fabius Maximus figure out about Hannibal?
5. What was Fabius doing while burning structures and supplies?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the one fact about Hannibal that went without dispute?
2. What happened in Rome after the battle in Cannae?
3. What did the Romans go into the battle thinking?
4. What did the Romans turn to?
5. What weakness of Hannibal did Fabius Maximus figure out?
6. What did Hannibal learn about the Roman army by watching them?
7. What did Hannibal know when the Romans dismounted?
8. What would the Carthaginian soldiers do?
9. What did historians agree on regarding Hannibal's travels in Chapter 6?
10. What happened when Hannibal eluded Publius Scipio?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the roles of Polybius of Megalopolis and Titius Livius in recounting the history of the Battle of Cannae.
Essay Topic 2
Examine the impact that Fabius and Minucius had on the leadership of Roman troops.
Essay Topic 3
Examine the role that the senate played in Scipio's leadership and directives.
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