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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. Who is Lord John Rossendale?
(a) The Duchess's brother.
(b) A cavalry officer of the British Life Guards.
(c) The Duchess's husband.
(d) The commander of the riflemen facing the Dragoons.

2. What do the French officers see after a massive cannon bombardment?
(a) The British retreating in force at full speed.
(b) Everyone is dead on the ridge.
(c) The British battalions pull back leaving their dead and wounded on the ridge.
(d) The British line breaking and men throwing down their arms.

3. Just as the British are about to celebrate, what happens?
(a) A bullet claims the Duke of Wellington.
(b) A bullet claims Harper.
(c) A huge infantry force comes marching over the north ridge.
(d) A second wave of cavalry attacks.

4. What causes the most casualties to the Dragoons from the Prussians?
(a) The elite cavalry of the Prussian army.
(b) Hidden cannons.
(c) A ditch filled with pitch that they light.
(d) Their sharpshooter brigade.

5. Where do Sharpe and Harper travel with other officers and staff?
(a) Towards the French army's left flank.
(b) The road south to the crossroads at Mont-St-Jean.
(c) Towards the French army's right flank.
(d) With the reserves in the north.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe try to do surreptitiously?

2. What is the weather like as the British wait for Napoleon's army?

3. What does Sharpe do after the commander in question 165 loses his nerve?

4. What does Colonel MacDonnell ask Sharpe?

5. How does Rossendale get separated from his friends?

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