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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: A Victorian, Chapters 5, 6, 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bell eventually gains the confidence of which soldiers who agree to accompany her on her journey over desert sands?
(a) Ottoman.
(b) Bedouin.
(c) Bolshevik.
(d) Moroccan.

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

3. Bell finds herself meeting members of which esteemed group in Chapter 7?
(a) Pakistani Army.
(b) Indian Civil Service.
(c) Moroccan Palace Guards.
(d) Arabian Knights.

4. After returning to London in 1889, Bell spends how long in social seasons without garnering any marriage proposals?
(a) Three years.
(b) Eighteen months.
(c) One year.
(d) Six months.

5. In a second trip, Bell comes dangerously close to losing her life on a climb up what rocky surface?
(a) Langfjordjøkelen glacier.
(b) Finsteraarhorn glacier.
(c) Salajekna glacier.
(d) Aletschgletscher glacier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Janet Wallach shows Bell is more comfortable in the company of men, noting it is probably as a result of what?

2. What sort of student is Bell at this first school away from home?

3. Longing to escape her dreary existence in England, when does Bell leave for the East once more?

4. Why does Hugh Bell not deem Cadogan to be a fit suitor and refuse to consent to their marrying?

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?

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