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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: A Victorian, Chapters 13, 14, 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When she embarks in 1909, what knowledge does Bell take with her?
(a) Surveying, geography, and astronomy.
(b) Surveying, map making, and astronomy.
(c) Surveillance, map making, and astronomy.
(d) Surveying, map making, and astrology.

3. Bell is ready to make a journey into where in November 1913, but encounters a number of delays?
(a) Southern Arebia.
(b) Northern Arabia.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Central Arabia.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon returning home, Bell spends how long writing a new book bearing the title Amurath to Amurath?

2. Much of Bell's information is provided by Richard (Dick) Doughty-Wylie who is now living where?

3. In Chapter 10, the reader learns Bell spends the balance of 1911 and 1912 where?

4. The British government once more seeks Bell out at the start of World War I for her information on the region, and she advises they organize the Arabs against which people?

5. In Chapter 11, Bell finally sets off on her trek with how many camels in her caravan?

(see the answer key)

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