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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fourth Day, Chapters 17 thru 20, Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who appears on the battle scene just in the nick of time?
(a) The Prince of Blucher's troops.
(b) The 110th Riflemen Brigade led by Sharpe.
(c) No one.
(d) The green-jacketed riflemen of the Duke of Welilngton's troops.

2. What do the Dutch-Belgian cavalry refuse to do?
(a) Engage the French Cuirassiers.
(b) Assist the infantry.
(c) Clear the ridge face of French skirmishers.
(d) Retreat to the west wood and wait for the third French cavalry wave.

3. What causes the most casualties to the Dragoons from the Prussians?
(a) A ditch filled with pitch that they light.
(b) Hidden cannons.
(c) Their sharpshooter brigade.
(d) The elite cavalry of the Prussian army.

4. What does the Prince of Orange do to cover his embarrassment from the previous day?
(a) Blusters his way through planning his army's assignment.
(b) Asks Sharpe about the encounter with Lord Rossendale.
(c) Makes an exaggerated analysis of the allied lines.
(d) Says the knock on his head addled his brains.

5. At the point just after the KGL are massacred, what seems apparent?
(a) The English are winning.
(b) The worse fighting is over.
(c) The French and English are almost to a draw.
(d) The French are winning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Duke see to their south?

2. Of what is Sharpe convinced?

3. How are the Brunswickers identified?

4. What does Bonaparte consider the enemy to be?

5. What happens to this wave of French cavalry?

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