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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Khatun, Chapters 17, 18, 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What title does Cox give Bell in 1917?
(a) Oriental Secretary.
(b) Mesopotamian Secretary.
(c) Middle Eastern Secretary.
(d) Persian Secretary.

2. Chapter 16 finds Bell in the East disembarking from a what?
(a) Troop transport ship.
(b) Troop transport trailer.
(c) Troop transport lorry (truck).
(d) Troop transport train.

3. Janet Wallach shows Bell is more comfortable in the company of men, noting it is probably as a result of what?
(a) Her particularly close relationship with her brother.
(b) Her unhesitant insistence to approach them as equals.
(c) Her mother dying young and her civil, but distant, relations with stepmother.
(d) Her extremely close relationship with her father.

4. By the end of May, 1914, Bell is back in England where she receives a prestigious gold medal from whom?
(a) Royal Geographical Society.
(b) King George V.
(c) House of Commons.
(d) House of Lords.

5. Bell falls in love with which son of British Minister Frank Lascelles?
(a) George.
(b) Billy.
(c) Charles.
(d) Frederick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bell was born on what date?

2. How long does the British government deny Bell passage to the East following the outbreak of the First World War?

3. At the start of 1902, Bell makes another trip to the East, stopping where before returning to England by the summer?

4. After returning to London in 1889, Bell spends how long in social seasons without garnering any marriage proposals?

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

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