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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 does Sharpe do before returning to Quartre Bras?
(a) Drink a bit too much ale.
(b) Slap the Duchess's daughter.
(c) Insult Jane.
(d) Challenge Rossendale to a duel.

2. What is the use for the cobbled road?
(a) To move reinforcements out of sight.
(b) For a fast retreat if necessary.
(c) There is no planned use for it.
(d) To be able to hear the advance of Napoleon's army.

3. Why do the Prince of Orange's men refuse to follow him to attack the French cannon?
(a) They have to ride through a grass fire to get there.
(b) The mastiffs are ringed around the cannons.
(c) A brigade of French light cavalry has appeared.
(d) There are several smaller cannons trained on them.

4. What is a backdrop to the possibility of a battle in the morning?
(a) The menacing weather.
(b) The sound of men having bad dreams.
(c) The sound of sabers being sharpened.
(d) The sounds of cannons firing for alignment.

5. Who does Sharpe wonder about atoning to for his insubordination?
(a) The Duke of Wellington.
(b) The Prince of Wales.
(c) The Duke of York.
(d) The Prince of Orange.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Duke of Wellington consider his English cavalry?

2. What do the men under Sharpe's leadership do when they cannot form a square?

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

4. What does the Duke of Wellington order the Prince of Orange to do?

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

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