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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Second Day, Chapters 7 thru 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the horseman dressed?
(a) Like a monk.
(b) In fine, nobleman's clothing.
(c) In a bard's outfit.
(d) In a medley of different national uniforms.

2. From where do Harper and Sharpe withdraw?
(a) Their devastated regiment.
(b) Quatre Bras.
(c) The Prince of Orange.
(d) Belgium.

3. Who captures the 69th battalion's colours?
(a) The Hussars.
(b) The 3rd French legion.
(c) The Hessians.
(d) The Cuirassiers.

4. What must Sharpe do by the Prince of Orange's orders?
(a) Stay with the Prince and not go out to the front lines.
(b) Reconcile with Rossendale.
(c) Take a force of riflemen to flank the Dragoons.
(d) Attend a ball in Brussels and wear a Dutch uniform.

5. About what is the Duke of Wellington worried?
(a) His wife's pregnancy.
(b) His daughter's illness.
(c) Getting back to England.
(d) The quality and numbers of his troops.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the lone horseman approaching at the opening of chapter 3?

2. Who loses all the ground he has captured?

3. What does the bugle call the French to do?

4. Who is Baron Jean de Constant Rebecque?

5. What do Sharpe and Rebecque draft in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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