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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Third Day, Chapters, 10 thru 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What order is Sharpe given?
(a) To withdraw from battle and consider himself subject to execution for disobeying a direct order under battle.
(b) To report his insubordination to the Duke of Wellington.
(c) To rejoin his old regiment.
(d) To report the next day for court martial.

2. What happens to the Dutch-Belgian guns and infantry?
(a) They are slaughtered almost to a man.
(b) They leave the battlefield in a blind panic.
(c) They confuse their orders and are not where they are supposed to be.
(d) They are flanked and surrender.

3. Who is Lord John Rossendale?
(a) The commander of the riflemen facing the Dragoons.
(b) A cavalry officer of the British Life Guards.
(c) The Duchess's husband.
(d) The Duchess's brother.

4. What does Lieutenant Simon Bloggett want of Sharpe?
(a) For Sharpe to ask for command of Bloggett's unit.
(b) For Sharpe to show him how to plan an offensive.
(c) Advice about women.
(d) For Sharpe to see the Baron Rebecque.

5. What does Sharpe do to the pistol?
(a) Destroys it.
(b) Empties it and hands it back to Rossendale.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Takes it and puts it in his own belt.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Duke of Wellington treat the Prince of Orange?

2. Where do Sharpe and Doggett find a French battalion?

3. Why might Sharpe not come to the Duchess's home?

4. How many more rivers does Napoleon have to cross before reaching Brussels?

5. Who arrives at Quatre Bras with the British Light Cavalry?

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