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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: A Victorian, Chapters 9, 10, 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Victorian England allows Bell the comforts of her family's wealth, but also limits the possibilities in life for woman like Bell for what reasons?
(a) The only occupation for Victorian women outside academia is nursing.
(b) Bright, driven women receive no proposals from equivalent men.
(c) Bright, driven women cannot channel their energies outside academia.
(d) Even bright, driven men seek only women in mother-servant role.

2. Chapter 8 finds Bell is active in which movement in England in 1908?
(a) Siffrage.
(b) Women's rights.
(c) Anti-union.
(d) Anti-suffrage.

3. In Chapter 2, what school does Bell attend?
(a) Camelot University.
(b) Kingston University.
(c) Essex University.
(d) University of Oxford.

4. Why is it by the summer of 1889 that Bell's feelings for Lascelles's son wane?
(a) They share few common interests.
(b) He buries himself in politics.
(c) He is not as bright, passionate as she.
(d) He calls upon her less frequently.

5. What sort of student is Bell at this first school away from home?
(a) Excellent.
(b) Troublesome.
(c) Average.
(d) Poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bell obtain this knowledge?

2. Bell falls in love with which son of British Minister Frank Lascelles?

3. When in 1911 does Bell again leave England for a trip to the East?

4. When she embarks in 1909, what knowledge does Bell take with her?

5. In a second trip, Bell comes dangerously close to losing her life on a climb up what rocky surface?

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