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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 is the final outcome of the battle at Ducos' villa?
(a) The English and French forces have to fight their way out.
(b) The English and French forces take the Cardinal hostage and leave.
(c) The English and French forces are arrested.
(d) The English and French forces escape.

2. Where does Ducos remain in Chapter 12?
(a) Hiding in London.
(b) In his fortified estate.
(c) At the Church in Naples.
(d) In Paris, hiding.

3. Who gives Ducos's address to Frederickson?
(a) An Imperial Guard.
(b) An optician.
(c) A physician.
(d) A palace guard.

4. In what type of surroundings does d'Alembord find Jane?
(a) In a tenement in the poor section of London.
(b) Living in Rossendale's house.
(c) In a repellent house that is kept in squalor.
(d) In an expensive London apartment.

5. Why does Frederickson leave Lucille's house?
(a) To face his court martial.
(b) To find Harper.
(c) To return to London.
(d) To pursue Ducos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Calvet realize about extracting Ducos?

2. What happens to the charges against Sharpe and Frederickson?

3. Where does Harper go when he leaves Sharpe?

4. Why does Calvet laugh when he takes the gun he holds under Sharpe's chin away?

5. What does d'Alembord notice about Jane when he goes to see her in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Calvet decide to do about Ducos based on local authorities' response to his request?

2. What does Calvet do while Sharpe is implementing his plan and how does it all end?

3. What does Calvet suggest to Sharpe and his group and why? What do they do after agreeing on a plan?

4. How does Sharpe feel about his affair with Lucille in view of his marriage to Jane?

5. What does Frederickson do when he leaves the Lassan estate, what does Sharpe do after he leaves? What happens between Sharpe and Lucille?

6. How does Frederickson feel about Lucille, what does Sharpe suggest and what happens when he follows Sharpe's suggestion?

7. What do Sharpe and his group do at Ducos' estate while the French are firing on it?

8. How do the maneuvers at Ducos' estate turn out as far as Ducos' men are concerned?

9. Describe the fight at Ducos' defensive room.

10. What does Sharpe do when Frederickson sends for him and what does Lucille reveal to her doctor and friends?

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