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

2. How does the Duke of Wellington consider his English cavalry?
(a) As his finest soldiers.
(b) As sensitive, undisciplined and prone to moments of insanity.
(c) As so incompetent they jeopardize other units.
(d) As fine horsemen but terrible marksmen.

3. Who is Prince William of Orange?
(a) The Duke and heir to the throne of Germany.
(b) The Duke and heir to the throne of England.
(c) The Duke and heir to the throne of Netherlands.
(d) The only experienced commander in the English army.

4. What is one group that is part of the Duke of Wellington's troops?
(a) The Irish Third Artillery.
(b) The King's German Legion.
(c) The Russian Cossack cavalry.
(d) The Wale's sharpshooters.

5. Who accompanies Sharpe to Quatre Bras?
(a) An eighteen-year-old, Lieutenant Simon Doggett.
(b) A Belgium sharpshooter.
(c) No one.
(d) A civilian guide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bonaparte consider the enemy to be?

2. About what is the Duke of Wellington worried?

3. What does Sharpe do before returning to Quartre Bras?

4. How are the French Dragoons received by the Belgium people?

5. How many more rivers does Napoleon have to cross before reaching Brussels?

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