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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. Where does Sharpe return to in chapter 12?
(a) The headquarters of his Royal Highness.
(b) England.
(c) Brussels.
(d) His rifle brigade.

2. What does the Prince of Orange do to cover his embarrassment from the previous day?
(a) Says the knock on his head addled his brains.
(b) Makes an exaggerated analysis of the allied lines.
(c) Asks Sharpe about the encounter with Lord Rossendale.
(d) Blusters his way through planning his army's assignment.

3. What does the Duke see to their south?
(a) Only a few horsemen on an empty ridge.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The Prussian army.
(d) The Prince of Orange's men.

4. What is Sharpe asked to do?
(a) Tell Wellington they need reinforcements on the North ridge.
(b) Take command of the 9nd Battalion.
(c) Tell the Prince when to send in the reserves.
(d) Tell the Prince of Orange they do not need reserves.

5. About what does Rebecque lecture Sharpe?
(a) Not to risk his life on the recon mission.
(b) Not to interfere in the duel if no cheating is going on.
(c) How to respond to an imbecilic order.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is Sharpe convinced?

2. What does Wellington do about the troops' baggage?

3. Where does the retreating British army take up its position.

4. Upon what does Rebecque give up?

5. Where do the Cuirassiers ride?

Short Essay Questions

1. What gross error in judgment and orders did the Prince of Orange make in Chapter 15?

2. What is the difference between the disposition of the Allied Forces and the French in Chapter 13? For what does this afford the author an opportunity?

3. What does John Rossendale tell his fellow officers about the condition of his sword and pistol in Chapter 10?

4. What does the author's placement of Sharpe in Chapter 14 do as a narrative device?

5. How does the author fit in a depiction of the Allied Forces in Chapter 13?

6. What charge of heavy cavalry is described in Chapter 15 and what two roles do the horses have?

7. What explanations about British firing techniques are described in great detail in chapter 15?

8. What person and his position, provide a good example of dealing with incompetent superiors?

9. What type of relationship does the contrast of the two opposing generals have to the two armies?

10. How does D'Alembord's premonition show courage?

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