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

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

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

4. What does the Duke of Wellington order the Prince of Orange to do?
(a) To return to his headquarters immediately.
(b) To return to his headquarters after the ball.
(c) To find Sharpe for questioning.
(d) To resign his position.

5. How are the Brunswickers identified?
(a) Yellow coats.
(b) Feathers in their caps.
(c) Black coats.
(d) Green coats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Prince of Orange's men refuse to follow him to attack the French cannon?

2. How many men has Napoleon gathered to his army in 107 days?

3. What is Lucille most afraid of as she says goodbye to Sharpe?

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

5. Who is Baron Jean de Constant Rebecque?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the French feel about the outcome of the war and why haven't the Prussians come to help the British?

2. What did the actions in Chapter 7 show about the Prince of Orange and some of the other British officers?

3. How does Sharpe mitigate a complete disaster with the battalions under French cavalry attack?

4. What does the Duke of Wellington read at the ball that interrupts his participation? What does he do after he reads the dispatch?

5. What actions of the Dutch-Belgium cavalry in Chapter 7 tell the reader about their ability? What impressions might their actions give?

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

7. What is one of the first blunders committed by the Prince of Orange?

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

9. What town on the river Sambre is easily taken by the French, who tries to stop them, and what does this mean in tactical terms?

10. What type of technical details are seen in Chapter 8?

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