Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell, Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia Quiz | One Week Quiz A

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Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell, Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Janet Wallach
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Khatun, Chapters 25, 26, 27 and 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Proper attire for a lady.
(d) Midday work.

2. Who will Lawrence one day comes to be known as?
(a) Lawrence of Syria.
(b) Lawrence of Arabia.
(c) Lawrence of Palestine.
(d) Lawrence of Lebanon.

3. 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) A democratic government.
(b) An Arab ruler.
(c) A union of republican nations.
(d) A Egyptian ruler.

4. Along which river does Bell brave wartime skirmishes and blistering heat to travel the area in search of information in Chapter 17?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Euphrates.
(c) Nile.
(d) Tigris.

5. What is the main purpose of her month-long trip with her beloved father before returning in the first half of 1920?
(a) To escape political hostilities.
(b) To share his feelings about his wife refusing to leave him.
(c) To ffer support due to his declining career.
(d) To bolster his spirits following his wife's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. While thriving on the work as a spy for England, Bell laments the lack of what?

2. By 1917 Bell acquires what in the Political Office?

3. The independent state Cox announces in the summer of 1920 is to be under the guarantee of what?

4. Where is Bell's work receiving praise from in early 1917?

5. Which of the King of Syria's brothers is the King of Iraq following the First World War?

(see the answer key)

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