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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By March 1917, the British are in control of which location to which Cox summons Bell?
(a) Amman.
(b) Kabul.
(c) Tehran.
(d) Baghdad.

2. As Chapter 32 concludes, Bell's plan for an independent Iraq stands where?
(a) Some distance off.
(b) Over a decade off.
(c) Complete.
(d) Nearly complete.

3. In what situation does Bell find herself in Chapter 24?
(a) British colleagues praise and the Arab people openly embrace her.
(b) British colleagues praise her, but the Arab people openly shun her.
(c) British colleagues shun her, while the Arab people openly embrace her.
(d) British colleagues and the Arab people both openly shun her.

4. When Bell stops to visit the new ruler of Syria in September 1919, she learns he is lobbying for support where?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Persia.
(d) U.S.

5. Faisal is regal but cautious in his maneuvers in Iraq, a country he has what?
(a) Been to only on holiday and diplomatic events, known to few people there.
(b) Been to only as his brother's guest, knowing only those of high status.
(c) Been to only as a visitor previously, whose people he does not know.
(d) Never been to before, whose people he does not know.

6. What is the name of Faisal's official aide from whom Bell learns that the receptions en route to the throne are not going well in 1921?
(a) Kingham Cornwallis.
(b) Kevin Cornwallis.
(c) Kinahan Cornwallis.
(d) Kinston Cornwallis.

7. The weather is also a major obstacle for Bell in collecting military intelligence information as the intense heat prohibits what?
(a) Daytime work.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Midday work.
(d) Proper attire for a lady.

8. Bell's role in Cox's unit is to keep track of Ibn Saud and Ibn Rashid, as well as to monitor whose activities?
(a) Austrian-Hungarian spies.
(b) Lebanese spies.
(c) Turkish spies.
(d) German spies.

9. The Arab government, in desperate need of financial assistance, is angry and unwilling to accept whose aid following the Paris Peace Conference?
(a) France.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Egypt.

10. What does Bell do to manage her emotions at the start of 1921?
(a) Pours herself out to Cox.
(b) Buries herself in work.
(c) Communicates extensively bia letters to her family.
(d) Works extensively in museum in Tehran.

11. Bell meets up again with Lawrence at the Cairo Conference of 1921 and has what reaction?
(a) It pleases her.
(b) It dismays her.
(c) Indifference.
(d) It annoys her.

12. Chapter 31 reveals Bell must advise Faisal on how to gain the approval of which individual?
(a) Narjes.
(b) Naadir.
(c) Namir.
(d) Naqib.

13. Bell learns that the Turks, upset over failure to sign a peace treaty with Britain and France, are embracing what in 1920?
(a) Tibetan propaganda.
(b) Bolshevik propaganda.
(c) Bohemian propoganda.
(d) Hungarian propoganda.

14. What is Bell's reaction to losing her trusted mentor in the summer of 1918?
(a) Mildly upset.
(b) Bedridden briefly from despair.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Deeply upset.

15. As Cox returns to Baghdad in Chapter 27, Bell is quick to share information about the uprisings and unrest among the people who are tired of waiting for what?
(a) An Arab ruler.
(b) A democratic government.
(c) A union of republican nations.
(d) A Egyptian ruler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bell thrills to the possibility of defining a whole new country as she pores over her maps of which areas upon the conclusion of World War I?

2. A few weeks following the presentation of her white paper in early 1921, Bell is one of which individuals that Winston Churchill summons for a meeting?

3. What is the main purpose of her month-long trip with her beloved father before returning in the first half of 1920?

4. Following the departure of her mentor, Bell is soon stricken with a bout of which illness?

5. In Chapter 30, what is Bell's plan to get Faisal to the throne?

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