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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: pages 19-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Ducos' opinion important?
(a) He has Napoleon's ear.
(b) He is influential with the common French people.
(c) He is quite wealthy.
(d) His father is Napoleon's cousin.

2. Who is Arthur Wellesley?
(a) Patrick Harper's good buddy.
(b) The commander who is disgraced when he fails to capture the fort several months ago.
(c) The commander responsible for capturing the fort.
(d) The mayor of the town near the fort.

3. What does Sharpe notice about the fort?
(a) It should be torn down.
(b) It is old and fragile.
(c) It is quite stalwart.
(d) It needs a few patches but is generally stout.

4. What does the narrator say in the introduction about the first version of "Sharpe's Skirmish"?
(a) He does not say anything about a first version.
(b) It had a number of inaccuracies.
(c) It was obvious that it was written in haste.
(d) It was quite superb for the amount of time spent on it.

5. When was "Sharpe's Skirmish" first written?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1898.
(c) 2008.
(d) 1958.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will add a page to Soult's page of glory?

2. What medicine does Harper offer Sharpe?

3. Where was Sharpe first to cross a wall according to one of the men who are sitting with Sharpe and Teresa?

4. To what does Sharpe's men object until Sharpe gets near?

5. What does Sharpe keep in his room for medicinal purposes?

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