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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. Before beginning the move to the Dead Sea with Allenby's group, Lawrence takes a one-week vacation where?
(a) Versailles.
(b) Rome.
(c) Cairo.
(d) Constantinople.

2. Lawrence and Clayton agree on who to be the supply officer for Akaba?
(a) George.
(b) Grayton.
(c) Goslett.
(d) Green.

3. The railroads to Jerusalem, Haifa, Damascus, and Medina all met where?
(a) Deraa.
(b) Yarmuk.
(c) Yenbo.
(d) Mecca.

4. Lawrence and Clayton agree on who to be the commanding officer for Akaba?
(a) Jollyton.
(b) Joyce.
(c) Johnston.
(d) Jeffries.

5. When Lawrence and Ali set out on their mission, they are not very organized. They lose two men and find them where?
(a) Thorne.
(b) Kader.
(c) Aba el Lissan.
(d) Rumm.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lawrence's group arrives at Sherif Ali's camp, they help them cut the Turkish telegraph line to where?

2. The area of Aba el Lissan is subject to air attacks by whom?

3. Lawrence, during the Jordan initiative, will help Allenby in the north to take what city at the end of March?

4. What has hit Suez and so prevents Lawrence from getting in contact with anyone?

5. Lawrence leaves Aba el Lissan and travels with what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the differences among the zones in Syria?

2. Why are the people of Tafileh fearful when the British and Arabs take the city?

3. How is Lawrence able to exist in the desert as the Arabs do?

4. In November 1917, what is the Turkish belief about the British officers?

5. What are the Arabs trying to convince the Turks of regarding the big offensive in the autumn of 1918?

6. Why does Lawrence need the help of the Serhan tribes in the Yarmuk River Valley plan?

7. When Allenby is presented with the plan for the Yarmuk River Valley bridges, what does he say?

8. How much supplies does Allenby move in a day for Feisal in the Dead Sea campaign?

9. What railroads meet at Deraa?

10. What is the difference between Hejaz and Syria?

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