Sharpe's Waterloo: Richard Sharpe and the Waterloo Campaign Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The First Day, Chapters 1 thru 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the horseman's hat look like?
(a) Like it has been shot.
(b) It is dressed with a band with the Russian colors.
(c) Like an English officer's hat.
(d) It shows the scarlet, gold, and black cockade of the Netherlands.

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

3. Who is Lucille?
(a) Sharpe's new wife.
(b) Sharpe's sister-in-law.
(c) Sharpe's mistress.
(d) The Duchess of Richmond's handmaiden.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What month of the year is it when the story opens?

2. Where does Sharpe go to report after engaging the French forces in a feint?

3. Who is Prince William of Orange?

4. How might the pace of the Prussian Major who is taking news to Brussels be described?

5. Where is Napoleon Bonaparte as the Dragoons cross into Belgium?

(see the answer key)

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