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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. How are Napoleon's men dressed?
(a) Like a ragtag Army.
(b) In several different styles from various campaigns.
(c) In their finest uniforms with gold and silver plumes that gleam in the weak sunshine.
(d) In drab grey.

2. What are many of the British redcoats doing as they wait?
(a) Throwing dice.
(b) Smoking clay pipes.
(c) Playing cards.
(d) Writing home.

3. What is von Bulow's Fourth corp supposed to do?
(a) Lead an advance on Waterloo to fight side by side with Wellington.
(b) Hold in reserve.
(c) Lead the 2nd wave after the sharpshooters.
(d) Move forward to feint an attack and draw the heavy cavalry to the left flank of Wellington's army.

4. Who falls with the heavy cavalry?
(a) Harper.
(b) The Prince of Orange.
(c) Peter.
(d) Lord Rossendale.

5. With what are the British redcoats' canteens filled?
(a) Water.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Medicinal tea.
(d) Rum or gin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What suddenly appears?

2. What is the Duke of Wellington's army doing?

3. Who does Sharpe join?

4. Where does the Prince of Orange assign Sharpe?

5. What does Rossendale do when he sees Sharpe coming his way?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what describes a critical decision made by Wellington that ultimately leads to an Allied victory?

2. What is a major failure on the French part that leads to their ultimate defeat?

3. What charge of heavy cavalry is described in Chapter 15 and what two roles do the horses have?

4. What is the difference between the disposition of the Allied Forces and the French in Chapter 13? For what does this afford the author an opportunity?

5. What gross error in judgment and orders did the Prince of Orange make in Chapter 15?

6. What person and his position, provide a good example of dealing with incompetent superiors?

7. What is one of the most striking differences at the end of a battle and the disposition of the dead between that era and now?

8. What happens to the British Heavy Cavalry unit with which John Rossendale is riding?

9. What is the difference between Napoleon and the Duke in how they come before their men and how their men acknowledge them?

10. What new weapon is used, who invented it and why did the description of it stand out among other action scenes?

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