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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2, 3, and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is presented as slightly confused but enthusiastic about military matters?
(a) The Duke of York.
(b) The Duke of Orange.
(c) The Prince of Wales.
(d) The Prince of Orange.

2. What does the person that Maggie Joyce sends give Sharpe?
(a) A note from Lord Fenner.
(b) A sword.
(c) Some money.
(d) A pistol and a warning.

3. What has been determined about the second battalion of which Sharpe is a part?
(a) It needs to release about 10 percent of its men who have fulfilled their contract.
(b) It will receive a unit citation.
(c) It is not combat effective.
(d) It needs a rotation home.

4. What has been happening to the men who have been recruited for the second battalion?
(a) They are being sent to other battalions.
(b) They have not shown up at the depot.
(c) They are being shipped individually to France.
(d) They have been discharged because they weren't needed.

5. What happens just before Sharpe's Regiment opens?
(a) Sharpe is gravely wounded.
(b) A combat encounter between the first battalion of the South Essex Regiment and French forces.
(c) Napoleon has surrendered.
(d) Patrick Harper is gravely wounded.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harper and Sharpe deposit with official agents?

2. For how many men is the second battalion drawing rations?

3. What did the owner of the bar teach Sharpe?

4. Why does a crowd gather at the end of the play?

5. What does Sharpe do after leaving the state function?

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