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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. Instead of leaving one of his injured men to the cruelty of the Turks, what does Lawrence do?
(a) Puts him on a camel.
(b) Carries him.
(c) Calls for an evacuation by air.
(d) Shoots him.

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

3. How long will Lawrence and Dawnay need to cut the three railways and make their way out of the Aba el Lissan area?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) One week.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Four weeks.

4. When Lawrence and his group leave Auda and travel past the Jefer flats, they are attacked by a raiding party from where?
(a) Zebn Harrual.
(b) Sebn Shakat.
(c) Zebn Sukhur.
(d) Sebn Darmut.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Dawnay and Lawrence leave the discussions with Allenby about the Jordan initiative and return to where?

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

3. How much does Lawrence pay Abdulla per month to be his bodyguard?

4. After Lawrence gets into a fight in Deraa, he is ordered to Allenby by what method?

5. On April 18, the Arabs have to pull back from where?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does being in service to Allenby and Feisal cause problems for Lawrence?

7. Who are the Ismailiya?

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

9. What are some of the plans made for the year of 1918?

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

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