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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. About what is the Duke of Wellington worried?
(a) The quality and numbers of his troops.
(b) His wife's pregnancy.
(c) His daughter's illness.
(d) Getting back to England.

2. What do Harper and Sharpe contemplate?
(a) What they should do next.
(b) Whether to retire from the military.
(c) Whether to request reassignment to an English brigade.
(d) Whether to lodge an official complaint against the Prince of Orange.

3. Why is the Prince of Orange enraged?
(a) Because he thinks he should lead a charge against the Cuirassiers.
(b) Because his reserve war horse has also been killed.
(c) Because the Duke of Wellington snubs him.
(d) Because his infantry collapse on the first attack and his cavalry is routed by the French lancers.

4. Who is Baron Jean de Constant Rebecque?
(a) The Prince of Wales' chief of staff.
(b) Napoleon's chief of staff.
(c) The Prince of Orange's chief of staff.
(d) The leader of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade.

5. Where do Sharpe and Doggett find a French battalion?
(a) Almost to Brussels.
(b) They find no French.
(c) Near Quatre Bras.
(d) Near the village of Frasnes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Prince of Orange's men refuse to follow him to attack the French cannon?

2. How old is Napoleon's campaign in Belgium?

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

4. Who joins the fray who Sharpe and Harper recognize?

5. How does the Duke of Wellington treat the Prince of Orange?

Short Essay Questions

1. What becomes a major source of friction between the Prince of Orange and Sharpe? Why is Sharpe with the Prince?

2. What actions of the Dutch-Belgium cavalry in Chapter 7 tell the reader about their ability? What impressions might their actions give?

3. How do the French feel about the outcome of the war and why haven't the Prussians come to help the British?

4. What does Sharpe do when he and Doggett see a battalion of French while scouting the crossroad area?

5. What are some of the types of infantry attack used in the battle for Quatre Bras?

6. What is used on the field of battle besides weapons and men and why?

7. Why is the Duchess of Richmond apprehensive about John Rossendale?

8. What is one of the first blunders committed by the Prince of Orange?

9. What did the actions in Chapter 7 show about the Prince of Orange and some of the other British officers?

10. What is Bonaparte thinking about as he sits in his coach near where the French come into Belgium?

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