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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Feisal is an officer in the Turkish army and is forced to live, while in Syria, at the headquarters of whom?

2. The author's first assignment, after entering the British Army, is to what expeditionary force?

3. At the outbreak of World War I, the author was working for a museum at what location?

4. Who is the chief of the French military mission?

5. Who sends Lawrence back to Arabia and Feisal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does "Sherif" mean?

2. How does Lawrence describe Colonel Bremond?

3. Why is Lawrence not happy to be sent back to Arabia and Feisal by Colonel Clayton as an advisor?

4. Who are Hornby and Newcombe?

5. Why are Lawrence and the others making the march under the leadership of Auda, mainly traveling at night?

6. Why does Feisal ask Lawrence to change his British uniform for Arab garb?

7. Who is Jafar Pasha?

8. What is Lawrence's definition of an Arab?

9. What is Lawrence's first impression of Sherif Abdulla?

10. What happens to the role Feisal has to play after his victory at Wejh?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both sides take prisoners and treat them differently. What is the role of prisoners for the British/Arab Army and the Turkish Army? Discuss important prisoners, important incentives to take prisoners, and how prisoners were treated after they became prisoners. Support your answer with examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

What is the role of technology in the war? What types of technology did each side have access to, and how was it used? How could both sides have made better use of the technology available to them? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

When the Arabs finish with the Hejaz War, they move on to Syria. Using examples from the book, what are some of the differences between the Arab desert and Syria? How do those differences necessitate a change in tactics and planning by the British and Arabs?

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