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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. When Lawrence and his group finally set up camp to begin mining the bridge, they are how far from the bridge?
(a) Eighty miles.
(b) Twenty miles.
(c) Ninety miles.
(d) Ten miles.

2. The whole plan that Lawrence had for his men to attack railroad bridges and then return to Palestine relied on whom to approve it?
(a) King Hussein.
(b) King Abdulla.
(c) King Reada.
(d) King Sherif.

3. Lawrence, Thorne, and others survey the train line, navigating through the dark using a compass and what?
(a) Sounds.
(b) Star of Orion.
(c) Nothing but a compass.
(d) Map.

4. In order for Lawrence and Dawnay to cut the railways and have enough men, how many camels are they taking?
(a) One thousand.
(b) Two thousand.
(c) Three thousand.
(d) Four thousand.

5. Allenby's first attack of the Jordan initiative is scheduled for what day in September?
(a) 20.
(b) 19.
(c) 18.
(d) 21.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before beginning the move to the Dead Sea with Allenby's group, Lawrence takes a one-week vacation where?

2. The situation at Medina goes from bad to worse when the Turks demand that everything south of _____ be abandoned.

3. The railroads to Jerusalem, Haifa, Damascus, and Medina all met where?

4. When Lawrence sees that the Arabs cannot suffer any more defeats or loss of ground in the fight, he and Dawnay depart in a car to do what?

5. Allenby wants the plan to take out the two extreme ends of the railroad bridges in Yarmuk completed by when?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What railroads meet at Deraa?

7. What is one of the differences between the Arab Army and the British Army?

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

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

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

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