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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17, 18, 19, and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is in the very center of Badajoz?
(a) The governor's mansion.
(b) A huge cathedral.
(c) Six fortresses.
(d) A statue of Napoleon.

2. What do Colonel Lawford and Sharpe discuss in Chapter 2?
(a) The plans for the assault.
(b) Their marriages.
(c) Religion.
(d) Superstitions that soldiers hold.

3. What do the walls of Badajoz have on them?
(a) Jagged rocks.
(b) Barbed wire.
(c) Iron pikes.
(d) Artillery.

4. What is Sharpe looking for as he wanders Ciudad Rodrigo?
(a) Harper.
(b) A drink.
(c) A woman.
(d) A new horse.

5. How was the breach in the wall of Ciudad Rodrigo caused?
(a) Explosive charges laid on it.
(b) Battering ram.
(c) Sappers digging under it.
(d) Cannon fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hogan say Teresa is still doing?

2. How does Lawford appear when Sharpe comes upon him while going into the city?

3. What happens in Ciudad Rodrigo when the breach is carried?

4. What happens when the charges blow at the dam?

5. What is presumed about the British and taking Badajoz?

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