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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. Tafileh is an important town only if what city falls?
(a) Jericho.
(b) Beyrout.
(c) Haas.
(d) Damascus.

2. After the Jerusalem victory, when Lawrence is with Allenby's group, the plan is to be at Jordan by the end of when?
(a) March.
(b) February.
(c) May.
(d) April.

3. The march that Dawnay, Lawrence, Colonel Buxton, and his men will make from the Suez Canal to Akaba will take how long?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) One month.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Two months.

4. Joyce finds out that Lawrence plans to go to Azrak after cutting the railway lines at Deraa on what day?
(a) September 16.
(b) September 6.
(c) September 1.
(d) September 10.

5. The doctor Lawrence stays with in Akaba carries a rich-looking saddle bag of what type?
(a) Fara.
(b) Harrah.
(c) Fasrat.
(d) Hasa.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lawrence and his group finally set up camp to begin mining the bridge, they are how far from the bridge?

2. Allenby's first attack of the Jordan initiative is scheduled for what day in September?

3. While in Akaba, Lawrence stays with a doctor named what?

4. What do the British call the type of bodyguard that Lawrence hires Abdulla to be?

5. How long will Lawrence and Dawnay need to travel from Deraa to Aba el Lissan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Feisal asked to hold off his move on Damascus?

2. What is Joyce's role in the plans of 1918?

3. Why was the plan developed to attack the bridges in the Yarmuk River Valley?

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

5. Why is the reward for Lawrence, by the Turks, so much higher than that for other British officers?

6. What does Lawrence learn about on his vacation to Cairo before the Dead Sea campaign begins?

7. Who are the Ismailiya?

8. What did Allenby do, without telling Feisal, that creates a disagreement between Feisal and his father?

9. Feisal tells the British that if they are not successful in taking Damascus, he will do what?

10. What is the difference between Hejaz and Syria?

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