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

2. To whom is a note about the French advance delivered?
(a) The Duke of Wellingham.
(b) General Dornberg.
(c) The King of Belgium.
(d) No one.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sharpe go to report after engaging the French forces in a feint?

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

3. What do Sharpe and Rebecque draft in Chapter 5?

4. What is the horseman attempting to do?

5. How might the pace of the Prussian Major who is taking news to Brussels be described?

(see the answer key)

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