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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Second Day, Chapters 7 thru 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the Cuirassiers?
(a) The French pikemen.
(b) The "big brothers" of the French army on heavy horses.
(c) The Dutch special lance brigade.
(d) A band of pirates who have thrown in with the French.

2. Who is Lucille?
(a) Sharpe's new wife.
(b) Sharpe's mistress.
(c) The Duchess of Richmond's handmaiden.
(d) Sharpe's sister-in-law.

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

4. What does Napoleon do in the East?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Attacks Blucher's Prussian army.
(c) Defeats the Dutch artillery.
(d) Withdraws his cavalry.

5. Why is the Prince of Orange enraged?
(a) Because his infantry collapse on the first attack and his cavalry is routed by the French lancers.
(b) Because his reserve war horse has also been killed.
(c) Because he thinks he should lead a charge against the Cuirassiers.
(d) Because the Duke of Wellington snubs him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Baron Jean de Constant Rebecque?

2. What is given to the general of the French dragoons in Charleroi?

3. Who is Prince William of Orange?

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

5. Who is the horseman identified as?

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