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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. 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 the Duke of Wellington snubs him.
(c) Because his reserve war horse has also been killed.
(d) Because he thinks he should lead a charge against the Cuirassiers.

2. What happens to Saxe-Weimar's men?
(a) They turncoat and join the French in attacking the Prince of Orange's troops.
(b) They surrender.
(c) They retreat in an orderly fashion.
(d) They are the first to be slaughtered.

3. What happens to the Dutch-Belgian guns and infantry?
(a) They leave the battlefield in a blind panic.
(b) They are flanked and surrender.
(c) They are slaughtered almost to a man.
(d) They confuse their orders and are not where they are supposed to be.

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

5. Where does Sharpe go to report after engaging the French forces in a feint?
(a) He stays to keep track of the French army.
(b) Brussels.
(c) Quartre Bras.
(d) The Prince of Orange's headquarters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do the Belgian cavalry flee?

3. Who does the Duke of Wellington hope will join his forces?

4. What do the men under Sharpe's leadership do when they cannot form a square?

5. Who is the horseman identified as?

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