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

2. What do Sharpe and Rebecque draft in Chapter 5?
(a) A group of Belgium farmers.
(b) A letter releasing Rossendale from service.
(c) An order for Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, ostensibly from the Prince of Orange.
(d) A herd of horses for their cavalry.

3. Why is the Prince of Orange enraged?
(a) Because his infantry collapse on the first attack and his cavalry is routed by the French lancers.
(b) Because his reserve war horse has also been killed.
(c) Because he thinks he should lead a charge against the Cuirassiers.
(d) Because the Duke of Wellington snubs him.

4. Why do the Belgian cavalry flee?
(a) They do not like the Prince of Orange.
(b) They had belonged to the French cavalry the year previously.
(c) They secretly root for Napoleon's victory.
(d) They are afraid to attack the more experienced French cavalry.

5. What abates the Prince of York's excitement?
(a) His new warhorse is killed almost immediately.
(b) The French change direction and the Prince's troops do not get to fight.
(c) The first French attack.
(d) The Dragoons capture the Prince.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one group that is part of the Duke of Wellington's troops?

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

3. Who joins the fray who Sharpe and Harper recognize?

4. Who is with Sharpe when he joins the Prince of Orange at Quatre Bras?

5. What happens to the 69th battalion?

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