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

2. Who were Bell's parents?
(a) Hugh and Mary Shield Bell.
(b) Hugh and Melissa Sands Bell.
(c) Hugh and Margaret Steele Bell.
(d) Hugh and Melody Stark Bell.

3. Upon returning home, Bell spends how long writing a new book bearing the title Amurath to Amurath?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 9 months.
(d) 15 months.

4. When in 1911 does Bell again leave England for a trip to the East?
(a) February.
(b) March.
(c) January.
(d) April.

5. By the end of her second year, Bell is the first woman to achieve first place in Modern History studies, but fails in what?
(a) Passing chemistry.
(b) Passing physics.
(c) Passing calculus.
(d) Securing a husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bell was born on what date?

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

3. In Chapter 2, readers learn Bell attends what school in 1886?

4. Chapter 8 finds Bell is active in which movement in England in 1908?

5. What progressive girls' school in London is Bell sent away to?

(see the answer key)

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