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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. What do the British call the type of bodyguard that Lawrence hires Abdulla to be?
(a) A cutthroat.
(b) A brazen guard.
(c) A personal guard.
(d) An assassin.

2. After the taking of Jerusalem, Allenby is basically immobile until mid-February when he would bring the push to what city?
(a) Medina.
(b) Jericho.
(c) Mecca.
(d) Damascus.

3. In November 1917, Allenby was staging a move against what front?
(a) Gaza-Beyrout.
(b) Gaza-Damascus.
(c) Gaza-Cairo.
(d) Gaza-Beersheba.

4. Lawrence plans to go to Madeba and join Allenby in order to take what road?
(a) Talifeh-Cairo road.
(b) Jericho-Salt road.
(c) Beyrout-Mecca road.
(d) Medina-Damascus road.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. If Lawrence and his group cannot get to Wadi Khalid, they will have to try to blow up the bridge at what location?

2. While at Bair after leaving Aba el Lissan, Lawrence learns that the Turks have retaken what city?

3. After the Jerusalem victory, when Lawrence is with Allenby's group, the plan is to be at Jordan by the end of when?

4. How long will Lawrence and Dawnay need to cut the three railways and make their way out of the Aba el Lissan area?

5. During the plan to take Jordan, Jaafar and the Arab regulars occupy the area north of what city?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the next step after the end of the Hejaz War?

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

9. Why does Lawrence kill one of his men when they are attacked by a band of eight Turks?

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

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