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

2. Who is the horseman identified as?
(a) General Dornberg.
(b) Harper.
(c) The Duke of Wellington.
(d) Richard Sharpe.

3. How are the French Dragoons received by the Belgium people?
(a) The Dragoons are welcomed.
(b) Some welcome the Dragoons, but most revile them.
(c) The Dragoons are ignored.
(d) The Dragoons are fired upon.

4. What is the horseman attempting to do?
(a) Get close enough to Napoleon to assassinate him.
(b) Desert his post.
(c) Inform the allied headquarters if the French have indeed entered Belgium in force.
(d) Be accepted into the French ranks in order to spy.

5. What is Lucille most afraid of as she says goodbye to Sharpe?
(a) Rossendale taking out his hatred of Sharpe on Lucille.
(b) Having to go back to England unwed and pregnant if Sharpe dies.
(c) Sharpe getting killed.
(d) A British defeat and the French marching into Brussels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must Sharpe do by the Prince of Orange's orders?

2. What causes the most casualties to the Dragoons from the Prussians?

3. To whom is a note about the French advance delivered?

4. How do the British defend against the Cuirassiers?

5. What stops the cavalry advance of the Prince of Orange?

(see the answer key)

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