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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the Prince of Orange enraged?
(a) Because his reserve war horse has also been killed.
(b) Because the Duke of Wellington snubs him.
(c) Because he thinks he should lead a charge against the Cuirassiers.
(d) Because his infantry collapse on the first attack and his cavalry is routed by the French lancers.

2. Where is Napoleon Bonaparte as the Dragoons cross into Belgium?
(a) About 10 miles south of the entry place.
(b) In Paris.
(c) In Russia.
(d) On Elba Island.

3. Who is with Sharpe when he joins the Prince of Orange at Quatre Bras?
(a) Patrick Harper.
(b) Rossendale.
(c) The 110th Rifle Brigade.
(d) The Prince of Wales.

4. What happens to the 69th battalion?
(a) It reforms with another battalion and they become the 72nd battalion.
(b) It regroups and marches towards Brussels.
(c) It is completely destroyed.
(d) It captures Quatre Bras.

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

6. What does Bonaparte consider the enemy to be?
(a) Incompetent.
(b) English scum and their Prussian hirelings.
(c) Greatly outnumbered.
(d) Highly trained.

7. What do the men under Sharpe's leadership do when they cannot form a square?
(a) Surrender.
(b) Run behind the cavalry as back up.
(c) Retreat to the trees.
(d) Run for the high ground to reform.

8. What dinner do Harper and Sharpe share?
(a) Roasted horse meat.
(b) Hard biscuits and dried pork.
(c) Beef jerky.
(d) Roasted pig.

9. Where do Sharpe and Doggett find a French battalion?
(a) Almost to Brussels.
(b) Near Quatre Bras.
(c) They find no French.
(d) Near the village of Frasnes.

10. From where do Harper and Sharpe withdraw?
(a) Their devastated regiment.
(b) Belgium.
(c) Quatre Bras.
(d) The Prince of Orange.

11. What happens when Halkett obeys the Prince of Orange's orders?
(a) The Prince of Orange is relieved of his command.
(b) The Duke of Wellington countermands the order.
(c) The Cuirassiers attack Halkett's line.
(d) Halkett's men flee the battle.

12. What does the horseman's hat look like?
(a) It is dressed with a band with the Russian colors.
(b) Like an English officer's hat.
(c) It shows the scarlet, gold, and black cockade of the Netherlands.
(d) Like it has been shot.

13. To whom is a note about the French advance delivered?
(a) The King of Belgium.
(b) The Duke of Wellingham.
(c) No one.
(d) General Dornberg.

14. What does Sharpe order Doggett to do?
(a) To get to Brussels to report to the Duke of Wellington.
(b) To return to Quatre Bras to inform Saxe-Weimar.
(c) To disguise himself as a Belgium peasant.
(d) To go around to one side of the force as Sharpe goes to the other.

15. Who joins the fray who Sharpe and Harper recognize?
(a) The Prince of Wale's Own Volunteers.
(b) The Duke of Northampton's levy.
(c) The 94th Riflemen Battalion.
(d) The Duke of York's levy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many more rivers does Napoleon have to cross before reaching Brussels?

2. What is the horseman attempting to do?

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

4. Who is Prince William of Orange?

5. What is the Duchess of Richmond preparing to give?

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