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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fourth Day, Chapters 13 thru 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what are the British redcoats' canteens filled?
(a) Medicinal tea.
(b) Rum or gin.
(c) Water.
(d) Coffee.

2. Where do French skirmishers mount an attack?
(a) On Mont-St-Jean.
(b) Head on with the Duke's infantry.
(c) On the Chateau de Hougoumont.
(d) On Waterloo.

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

4. Who rides with the British heavy cavalry?
(a) Lord Rossendale.
(b) The Prince of Orange.
(c) Sharpe.
(d) Harper.

5. What is the result of the Prince of Orange's failure to order the Hanoverian line into squares?
(a) They retreat in disorderly fashion.
(b) They make a line.
(c) They begin an orderly retreat.
(d) They are almost all slaughtered.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives to drive off the French skirmishers?

2. What happens when Halkett obeys the Prince of Orange's orders?

3. Where do Sharpe and Harper watch the attack by the French skirmishers?

4. What happens to the 69th battalion?

5. Who launches a full scale cavalry charge to keep the British from forming squares again?

(see the answer key)

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