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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fourth Day, Chapters 17 thru 20, Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the weather like as the British wait for Napoleon's army?
(a) Clear and warm.
(b) Driving rain and wind.
(c) Overcast and about to rain.
(d) Clear and very cold.

2. What do the Dutch-Belgian cavalry refuse to do?
(a) Engage the French Cuirassiers.
(b) Retreat to the west wood and wait for the third French cavalry wave.
(c) Clear the ridge face of French skirmishers.
(d) Assist the infantry.

3. What is Sharpe asked to do?
(a) Take command of the 9nd Battalion.
(b) Tell the Prince when to send in the reserves.
(c) Tell Wellington they need reinforcements on the North ridge.
(d) Tell the Prince of Orange they do not need reserves.

4. What stops the cavalry advance of the Prince of Orange?
(a) Large cannon fire.
(b) A line of pitch set on fire.
(c) Napoleon mastiff dogs which spook the horses.
(d) A French infantry square.

5. Who arrives at Quatre Bras with the British Light Cavalry?
(a) The Baron von Helmeld.
(b) John Rossendale.
(c) No one.
(d) John Faringale.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rides with the British heavy cavalry?

2. Who is Lucille?

3. Where do the French retreat?

4. Who launches a full scale cavalry charge to keep the British from forming squares again?

5. What does Colonel MacDonnell ask Sharpe?

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