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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Admiral Nelson say is not a virtue?
(a) Good humor.
(b) Modesty.
(c) Morbidity.
(d) Honesty.

2. What game does the barrister try to teach Sharpe?
(a) Backgammon.
(b) Chess.
(c) Bridge.
(d) Checkers.

3. What does everyone call the Company's symbol?
(a) The cat and the cheese.
(b) The cat and the gold.
(c) The king and the bribe.
(d) The king and the cheese.

4. What does Lord William read while the fighting takes place above him?
(a) The Iliad.
(b) The Odyssey.
(c) Paradise Lost.
(d) Dante's Inferno.

5. Why does Cromwell say his parents sent him to the sea?
(a) They couldn't afford to keep him.
(b) To give him a good career.
(c) So he would be far from earthly temptation.
(d) To teach him about real life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lord William say people go to war?

2. For what reason does Panjit claim the naval captain won't find Nana Rao?

3. What does Fairley tell Sharpe he will pay him like if he works for him?

4. What does Panjit ask Sharpe to do before he is willing to talk business?

5. What is the language of diplomacy?

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