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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 does Napoleon do in the East?
(a) Withdraws his cavalry.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Attacks Blucher's Prussian army.
(d) Defeats the Dutch artillery.

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

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

4. Why is the Duchess apprehensive of Rossendale being at her home?
(a) She is not apprehensive.
(b) Because Napoleon will kill her if he finds out.
(c) Because Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe will be there and Rossendale's mistress is Sharpe's unfaithful wife, Jane.
(d) Because he would be disobeying orders to come there.

5. What happens to the Dutch-Belgian guns and infantry?
(a) They confuse their orders and are not where they are supposed to be.
(b) They leave the battlefield in a blind panic.
(c) They are slaughtered almost to a man.
(d) They are flanked and surrender.

Short Answer Questions

1. What order is Sharpe given?

2. Who joins the fray who Sharpe and Harper recognize?

3. Who does the Duke of Wellington hope will join his forces?

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

5. What does Jane discover?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. What is the ultimate end of the second day of the novel?

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

9. Why are the French able to cross into Belgium and what type of resistance is there?

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

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