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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The First Day, Chapters 1 thru 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Upon whose staff is the horseman?
(a) No one's.
(b) The Prince of Wales.
(c) The Prince of Belgium.
(d) The Prince of Orange.

3. How might the pace of the Prussian Major who is taking news to Brussels be described?
(a) Stalled.
(b) Slow through neccessity.
(c) Irresponsibly leisurely.
(d) Rapid.

4. What is given to the general of the French dragoons in Charleroi?
(a) A map showing the English gun emplacements.
(b) Misleading information.
(c) A 21-gun salute.
(d) A bunch of violets.

5. What does Sharpe order Doggett to do?
(a) To go around to one side of the force as Sharpe goes to the other.
(b) To disguise himself as a Belgium peasant.
(c) To get to Brussels to report to the Duke of Wellington.
(d) To return to Quatre Bras to inform Saxe-Weimar.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the horseman attempting to do?

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

4. Why might Sharpe not come to the Duchess's home?

5. What does Bonaparte consider the enemy to be?

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