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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. What does the Duke of Wellington order the Prince of Orange to do?
(a) To return to his headquarters after the ball.
(b) To return to his headquarters immediately.
(c) To find Sharpe for questioning.
(d) To resign his position.

2. Who launches a full scale cavalry charge to keep the British from forming squares again?
(a) Lafayette.
(b) Kellerman.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) Marshal Ney.

3. Who arrives to drive off the French skirmishers?
(a) Cavalry under the Prince of Orange.
(b) The Duke of Weston's cavalry.
(c) No one.
(d) The 110th Sharpshooters Regiment.

4. What is the Duchess of Richmond preparing to give?
(a) A recital.
(b) A dinner party.
(c) A report of the French invasion to the Belgium king.
(d) A sumptuous ball in a large rented house.

5. What does Jane discover?
(a) She truly loves Sharpe.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is homesick for England.
(d) She is dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men has Napoleon gathered to his army in 107 days?

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

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

4. What abates the Prince of York's excitement?

5. What has Wellington promised Blucher?

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