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

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

3. Where do Sharpe and Doggett find a French battalion?
(a) Near Quatre Bras.
(b) Almost to Brussels.
(c) Near the village of Frasnes.
(d) They find no French.

4. 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 fine horsemen but terrible marksmen.
(d) As so incompetent they jeopardize other units.

5. What must Sharpe do by the Prince of Orange's orders?
(a) Stay with the Prince and not go out to the front lines.
(b) Take a force of riflemen to flank the Dragoons.
(c) Attend a ball in Brussels and wear a Dutch uniform.
(d) Reconcile with Rossendale.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what is the Duke of Wellington worried?

2. What month of the year is it when the story opens?

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

4. Who is Lucille?

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

(see the answer key)

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