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

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

3. Where are the Hanoverians massacred?
(a) East of La Haye Sainte.
(b) Near a Southern ring of hills.
(c) They are not massacred because Sharpe saves them at the last minute.
(d) West of Waterloo.

4. Who does the Prince of Orange send to relieve the defenders of La Haye Sainte?
(a) No one.
(b) His personal guard.
(c) The 92 Rifle Brigade.
(d) The King's German Legion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What dinner do Harper and Sharpe share?

2. What has been sighted as the British infantry squares are faltering?

3. Who is Baron Jean de Constant Rebecque?

4. Who is Lucille?

5. Who arrives at Quatre Bras with the British Light Cavalry?

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