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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Second Day, Chapters 7 thru 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men has Napoleon gathered to his army in 107 days?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 110,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 50,000.

2. What do Sharpe and Rebecque draft in Chapter 5?
(a) A letter releasing Rossendale from service.
(b) An order for Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, ostensibly from the Prince of Orange.
(c) A group of Belgium farmers.
(d) A herd of horses for their cavalry.

3. Why is the Duchess apprehensive of Rossendale being at her home?
(a) Because Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe will be there and Rossendale's mistress is Sharpe's unfaithful wife, Jane.
(b) Because he would be disobeying orders to come there.
(c) She is not apprehensive.
(d) Because Napoleon will kill her if he finds out.

4. How many more rivers does Napoleon have to cross before reaching Brussels?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) None.
(d) 3.

5. What is one group that is part of the Duke of Wellington's troops?
(a) The Irish Third Artillery.
(b) The Russian Cossack cavalry.
(c) The Wale's sharpshooters.
(d) The King's German Legion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sharpe go to report after engaging the French forces in a feint?

2. What does Sharpe order Doggett to do?

3. What dinner do Harper and Sharpe share?

4. What has Wellington promised Blucher?

5. Who is the horseman identified as?

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