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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. Allenby's plans to take Jordan happen during what year?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1920.

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

3. How much is the reward being offered by the Turks for Lawrence and Ali after their successful railway destruction?
(a) Ten thousand pounds.
(b) One thousand pounds.
(c) Five thousand pounds.
(d) Twenty thousand pounds.

4. Before beginning the move to the Dead Sea with Allenby's group, Lawrence takes a one-week vacation where?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Versailles.
(c) Rome.
(d) Constantinople.

5. Dawnay and Lawrence leave the discussions with Allenby about the Jordan initiative and return to where?
(a) Akara.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Yenbo.
(d) Damascus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What day is it when Lawrence returns to Akaba after his vacation?

3. How much is the Turkish reward for British officers, dead or alive?

4. When Lawrence and Ali set out on their mission, they are not very organized. They lose two men and find them where?

5. After the taking of Akaba, the Arabs become a part of what army?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the reward for Lawrence, by the Turks, so much higher than that for other British officers?

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

4. What railroads meet at Deraa?

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

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

7. What is the state of Akaba after it is captured by the Arabs?

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

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

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

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