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Napoleon Bonaparte was twice forced into island exile when his political career floundered, first in 1814, then again after a comeback that was squandered on a defeat at Waterloo in 1815. The two islands to which he was remanded were:
  1. Corsica and St. Helena
  2. Bellisle and Corsica
  3. Elba and St. Helena
  4. Elba and Corsica
Explanation
Answer: C - Napoleon was exiled to Elba, 20 kilometers off the coast of Tuscany, in 1814; he staged a comeback and regained control of the army, only to be exiled again the following year to the African island St. Helena, where he ultimately died. While in Elba he was allowed to retain the title of emperor and to rule the 12,000 island inhabitants. However, he lived for six years on St. Helena in conditions less refined than those that formal governmental agreements originally ordered.
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