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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II Opening the Arab Offensive Chapters 17 - 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of the book, the Arab region is part of what empire?
(a) Hungarian.
(b) Russian.
(c) Ottoman.
(d) Greek.

2. Who functions as the historian for the small group of British in Egypt?
(a) Sykes.
(b) Hogarth.
(c) Smyth.
(d) Howard.

3. Who is the chief of the French military mission?
(a) Colonel Fremound.
(b) Colonel Gerrard.
(c) Colonel Bremond.
(d) Colonel Jacques.

4. Who is Feisal's agent in Yenbo?
(a) Amir el Abl.
(b) Alin el Kathir.
(c) Abd el Kader.
(d) Kalil el Akbar.

5. While Lawrence is gone on vacation, he arranges to have himself transferred from his current command to what bureau?
(a) Support Bureau.
(b) Arab Bureau.
(c) Intelligence Bureau.
(d) Turkish Bureau.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who later told Lawrence that he had guided the Turks down to rush Yenbo in the dark so that they might stamp out Feisal's army?

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

3. What is the name of the secret society formed in Syria?

4. England is involved in a war with this country when the Arab uprising begins to occur.

5. What is the name of the captain whom Lawrence does not impress because Lawrence is wearing an Arab headdress?

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