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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. Why did Abdulla go to Wadi?
(a) To please Feisal.
(b) To gain prestige.
(c) To fight for the cause.
(d) To establish his own army.

2. Nesib offers his help to take Akaba if Lawrence will support his attempt to begin a Syrian movement without whom?
(a) Feisal.
(b) Abdulla.
(c) The sharif of Mecca.
(d) The sultan.

3. The author's first assignment, after entering the British Army, is to what expeditionary force?
(a) Heelaz.
(b) Hejaz.
(c) Heshtalt.
(d) Heymans.

4. Lawrence feels that Abdulla's people are not as _________ as Feisal's are.
(a) Knowledgeable.
(b) Driven.
(c) Engaged.
(d) Personable.

5. What is the name of the liner on which Lawrence and others meet with the Turkish officers on their way to see the emir of Mecca?
(a) Pyramid.
(b) Lina.
(c) Lama.
(d) Oasis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bremond and Lawrence disagree on a plan to take what city?

2. Who later told Lawrence that he had guided the Turks down to rush Yenbo in the dark so that they might stamp out Feisal's army?

3. Who told Lawrence that the German staff in Constantinople ordered the troops to abandon Medina?

4. As the Turkish system is being replaced in towns, what type of order is being restored?

5. Who is Feisal's agent in Yenbo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Feisal ask Lawrence to change his British uniform for Arab garb?

2. How does Lawrence describe an Arab?

3. What is the algebraic element of war, according to Lawrence?

4. How does the Beduin see God?

5. What was Auda explaining to Nuri when they met?

6. Who are Hornby and Newcombe?

7. Who is Jafar Pasha?

8. How does Lawrence describe Colonel Bremond?

9. What does "Sherif" mean?

10. What is Lawrence's background in military theory?

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