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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Khatun, Chapters 29, 30, 31 and 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. These esteemed members that Bell meets are graduates from which institutions?
(a) West Point and Princeton.
(b) Oxford and Cambridge.
(c) Annapolis and Bombay.
(d) Oxford and Harvard.

2. What is the purpose of Bell's initial trip to Jerusalem?
(a) To study Arabic and enter the Arabic world.
(b) To study Bodish and enter the Arabic world.
(c) To study Hebrew and enter the Arabic world.
(d) To study Altai and enter the Arabic world.

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

4. Who is Janet Wallach's work a biography of?
(a) Geraldine Maria Lowthian Bell.
(b) Gertrude Magdalena Lowthian Bell.
(c) Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell.
(d) Gertrude Maegan Lowthian Bell.

5. What is suffering a decline in this country where Bell is in 1912 that draws her attention?
(a) Turkic Seljuk government.
(b) Ankara empire.
(c) Safa government.
(d) Ottoman government.

Short Answer Questions

1. In assisting Cox in establishing a government, Bell feels that Faisal is the obvious choice for the position of emir for what reason?

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

3. While Cox must leave Baghdad in the summer of 1920, he promises to return to establish a what?

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

5. Faisal and Bell spend much time together doing what activities to get the new king acclimated to his new country following his coronation?

(see the answer key)

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