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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 loses all the ground he has captured?
(a) Marshall Ney.
(b) The Duke of Wellington.
(c) The Prince of Orange.
(d) The Duke of Northhampton.

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

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

4. How do the British defend against the Cuirassiers?
(a) With their heavy horses.
(b) With their heavy cannons.
(c) In infantry squares.
(d) With their pike lines.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lucille?

2. Who is the horseman identified as?

3. What is Lucille most afraid of as she says goodbye to Sharpe?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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