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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. What does Rebecque want of Sharpe?
(a) To take charge of a forward expedition.
(b) To lead a small group of soldiers for reconaissance.
(c) To be Rebecque's second in a duel.
(d) Rebecque wants Sharpe to make peace with the Prince.

2. Upon what does the main French infantry advance?
(a) The Belgian infantry.
(b) The Belgian pikes.
(c) The Prussian army's infantry.
(d) The ridge.

3. Where do the Cuirassiers ride?
(a) West to threaten the thin British line.
(b) They ride to flank Wellington.
(c) Forward towards the heavy horse of the Prussians.
(d) They ride east to cut off the reserves of the Prince of Orange.

4. What does Rebecque give Sharpe?
(a) A verbal lashing.
(b) A written commendation.
(c) Bread and cold lamb.
(d) A written reprimand.

5. Who rides with the British heavy cavalry?
(a) Sharpe.
(b) The Prince of Orange.
(c) Lord Rossendale.
(d) Harper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe do to Rossendale's sword?

2. Where do Sharpe and Harper watch the attack by the French skirmishers?

3. What suddenly appears?

4. What does Geisenau do?

5. With what does the battle start?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author's placement of Sharpe in Chapter 14 do as a narrative device?

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

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

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

5. What is it about the British muskets that proves the beginning of the French's downfall?

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

7. Describe the area where the retreating British army takes up a position in Chapter 10.

8. What explanations about British firing techniques are described in great detail in chapter 15?

9. What does John Rossendale tell his fellow officers about the condition of his sword and pistol in Chapter 10?

10. What type of relationship does the contrast of the two opposing generals have to the two armies?

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