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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is ironic about Lucille turning down Frederickson's proposal?
(a) She had flirted with him the first month he had been at her house.
(b) He had harped on matrimony as being futile.
(c) She had hated Sharpe when she had first met him.
(d) She had liked him so much when they had first met.

2. What is one of the reasons that leads Sharpe to believe Jane might be leaving him?
(a) She has sent him only a little money.
(b) She has written him but talks mostly of Rossendale.
(c) She has filed divorce papers.
(d) She has not written him any letters.

3. With whom does Calvet meet in Naples?
(a) Ducos.
(b) A priest.
(c) The Earl of Naples.
(d) The local authorities.

4. What does Sharpe say to Calvet when Calvet has him surrounded?
(a) He should have killed him at Toulouse.
(b) He won't help him.
(c) He admires his military skill.
(d) He will tell him where Ducos is living.

5. How does Sharpe feel about Lucille's estate?
(a) He is indifferent.
(b) He admires it.
(c) He thinks it's ugly.
(d) He hates it and wants to get home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sharpe remain in France?

2. Where does Frederickson go to find out information about Ducos?

3. What are Rossendale's nights like for him?

4. What does Lucille do when Frederickson proposes marriage?

5. What do Ducos's defensive preparations at his location say?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sharpe capture Ducos and what is the cost of that capture?

2. How does Sharpe solve the dilemma of the Cardinal's men around them?

3. What does Calvet do in Naples first?

4. How do the maneuvers at Ducos' estate turn out as far as Ducos' men are concerned?

5. Describe the fight at Ducos' defensive room.

6. What does d'Alembord do in London as far as Jane is concerned in Chapter 10? How does Jane appear to him?

7. What does Frederickson do about Lucille and her opinion of Sharpe? What do he and Harper do while Sharpe is recovering and how does Sharpe feel about where he is? What does Lucille think of Sharpe?

8. What does Calvet decide to do about Ducos based on local authorities' response to his request?

9. Where does Frederickson go to find Ducos and how does that work out?

10. What does Calvet suggest to Sharpe and his group and why? What do they do after agreeing on a plan?

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