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

2. Who is Lord John Rossendale?
(a) The Duchess's husband.
(b) A cavalry officer of the British Life Guards.
(c) The Duchess's brother.
(d) The commander of the riflemen facing the Dragoons.

3. Who does the Duke of Wellington hope will join his forces?
(a) The Prussian army under Prince Blucher.
(b) The Dutch 42nd regiment of cavalry.
(c) The English 42nd regiment of riflemen.
(d) The Dutch 42nd regiment of sharpshooters.

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

5. What causes the most casualties to the Dragoons from the Prussians?
(a) Hidden cannons.
(b) Their sharpshooter brigade.
(c) The elite cavalry of the Prussian army.
(d) A ditch filled with pitch that they light.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the horseman attempting to do?

2. Where do Sharpe and Doggett find a French battalion?

3. About what is the Duke of Wellington worried?

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

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

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