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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Wellington promised Blucher?
(a) To have the Dragoons in rout by the end of the day.
(b) To send the Prince of Orange back to the reserves.
(c) To lend him Sharpe if necessary.
(d) Wellington will come to Blucher's aid unless he himself is attacked at the crossroads.

2. How many men has Napoleon gathered to his army in 107 days?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 110,000.

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

4. Why do the Prince of Orange's men refuse to follow him to attack the French cannon?
(a) They have to ride through a grass fire to get there.
(b) There are several smaller cannons trained on them.
(c) The mastiffs are ringed around the cannons.
(d) A brigade of French light cavalry has appeared.

5. What does Sharpe do before returning to Quartre Bras?
(a) Drink a bit too much ale.
(b) Slap the Duchess's daughter.
(c) Challenge Rossendale to a duel.
(d) Insult Jane.

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

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

8. What abates the Prince of York's excitement?
(a) His new warhorse is killed almost immediately.
(b) The first French attack.
(c) The French change direction and the Prince's troops do not get to fight.
(d) The Dragoons capture the Prince.

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

10. Who does the Duke of Wellington hope will join his forces?
(a) The Dutch 42nd regiment of cavalry.
(b) The Prussian army under Prince Blucher.
(c) The English 42nd regiment of riflemen.
(d) The Dutch 42nd regiment of sharpshooters.

11. 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.

12. What do Harper and Sharpe contemplate?
(a) Whether to lodge an official complaint against the Prince of Orange.
(b) Whether to retire from the military.
(c) What they should do next.
(d) Whether to request reassignment to an English brigade.

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

14. What is the Duchess of Richmond preparing to give?
(a) A dinner party.
(b) A recital.
(c) A report of the French invasion to the Belgium king.
(d) A sumptuous ball in a large rented house.

15. What order is Sharpe given?
(a) To rejoin his old regiment.
(b) To report his insubordination to the Duke of Wellington.
(c) To withdraw from battle and consider himself subject to execution for disobeying a direct order under battle.
(d) To report the next day for court martial.

Short Answer Questions

1. How might the pace of the Prussian Major who is taking news to Brussels be described?

2. To whom is a note about the French advance delivered?

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

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

5. What must Sharpe do by the Prince of Orange's orders?

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