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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. Who launches a full scale cavalry charge to keep the British from forming squares again?
(a) Marshal Ney.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Lafayette.
(d) Kellerman.

2. Who arrives to drive off the French skirmishers?
(a) The 110th Sharpshooters Regiment.
(b) Cavalry under the Prince of Orange.
(c) The Duke of Weston's cavalry.
(d) No one.

3. Where does Sharpe meet Harper?
(a) At the local inn.
(b) At the Duke's tent.
(c) In the stables.
(d) In the officer's mess.

4. How do the British defend against the Cuirassiers?
(a) With their heavy horses.
(b) With their pike lines.
(c) With their heavy cannons.
(d) In infantry squares.

5. Who captures the 69th battalion's colours?
(a) The 3rd French legion.
(b) The Hussars.
(c) The Cuirassiers.
(d) The Hessians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wellington order that his men keep?

2. What is the Emperor's signal to start the battle?

3. Where are the Prussians located?

4. What is the result of the Prince of Orange's failure to order the Hanoverian line into squares?

5. What does the bugle call the French to do?

(see the answer key)

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