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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Upon whose staff is the horseman?
(a) The Prince of Orange.
(b) The Prince of Wales.
(c) No one's.
(d) The Prince of Belgium.
2. What dinner do Harper and Sharpe share?
(a) Roasted pig.
(b) Hard biscuits and dried pork.
(c) Beef jerky.
(d) Roasted horse meat.
3. From where do Harper and Sharpe withdraw?
(a) The Prince of Orange.
(b) Quatre Bras.
(c) Their devastated regiment.
(d) Belgium.
4. What order does Sharpe refuse to take to Halkett?
(a) That Halkett stay in place in his square.
(b) That Halkett's men form a line.
(c) That Halkett retreat.
(d) That Halkett move East one mile.
5. Who arrives at Quatre Bras with the British Light Cavalry?
(a) No one.
(b) The Baron von Helmeld.
(c) John Faringale.
(d) John Rossendale.
Short Answer Questions
1. What has Wellington promised Blucher?
2. What causes the most casualties to the Dragoons from the Prussians?
3. What stops the cavalry advance of the Prince of Orange?
4. Why might Sharpe not come to the Duchess's home?
5. Who appears on the battle scene just in the nick of time?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does Sharpe encounter while escaping the crossroad area and what happens?
2. What type of technical details are seen in Chapter 8?
3. What are some of the types of infantry attack used in the battle for Quatre Bras?
4. What does the Duke of Wellington read at the ball that interrupts his participation? What does he do after he reads the dispatch?
5. How does Sharpe mitigate a complete disaster with the battalions under French cavalry attack?
6. What do Sharpe and Harper do on the second night of battle?
7. What did the actions in Chapter 7 show about the Prince of Orange and some of the other British officers?
8. What town on the river Sambre is easily taken by the French, who tries to stop them, and what does this mean in tactical terms?
9. What actions of the Dutch-Belgium cavalry in Chapter 7 tell the reader about their ability? What impressions might their actions give?
10. What becomes a major source of friction between the Prince of Orange and Sharpe? Why is Sharpe with the Prince?
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