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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How are the French Dragoons received by the Belgium people?
(a) The Dragoons are fired upon.
(b) Some welcome the Dragoons, but most revile them.
(c) The Dragoons are ignored.
(d) The Dragoons are welcomed.

3. How might the pace of the Prussian Major who is taking news to Brussels be described?
(a) Irresponsibly leisurely.
(b) Slow through neccessity.
(c) Stalled.
(d) Rapid.

4. Who captures the 69th battalion's colours?
(a) The Cuirassiers.
(b) The 3rd French legion.
(c) The Hussars.
(d) The Hessians.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Duke of Wellington consider his English cavalry?

2. What do Harper and Sharpe contemplate?

3. What does Bonaparte consider the enemy to be?

4. What happens to Saxe-Weimar's men?

5. What does Napoleon do in the East?

Short Essay Questions

1. To whom does Sharpe send a note when he encounters men from the German Legion and what is the response? Why does he respond that way?

2. What is Bonaparte thinking about as he sits in his coach near where the French come into Belgium?

3. Who does Sharpe encounter while escaping the crossroad area and what happens?

4. What are some of the types of infantry attack used in the battle for Quatre Bras?

5. Why is the Duchess of Richmond apprehensive about John Rossendale?

6. Why are the Dutch-Belgium troops unable to fight well?

7. What do Rebecque and Sharpe decide Sharpe should do as they study a map of the area?

8. Why is the Duke of Wellington worried about his troops and what kinds of troops does he have?

9. What becomes a major source of friction between the Prince of Orange and Sharpe? Why is Sharpe with the Prince?

10. What is used on the field of battle besides weapons and men and why?

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