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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. What happens to the Dutch-Belgian guns and infantry?
(a) They are slaughtered almost to a man.
(b) They confuse their orders and are not where they are supposed to be.
(c) They are flanked and surrender.
(d) They leave the battlefield in a blind panic.

2. What is the horseman attempting to do?
(a) Desert his post.
(b) Get close enough to Napoleon to assassinate him.
(c) Be accepted into the French ranks in order to spy.
(d) Inform the allied headquarters if the French have indeed entered Belgium in force.

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

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

5. What has Wellington promised Blucher?
(a) Wellington will come to Blucher's aid unless he himself is attacked at the crossroads.
(b) To lend him Sharpe if necessary.
(c) To send the Prince of Orange back to the reserves.
(d) To have the Dragoons in rout by the end of the day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What abates the Prince of York's excitement?

2. What order does Sharpe refuse to take to Halkett?

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

4. Why is the Duchess apprehensive of Rossendale being at her home?

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

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