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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. On her 1905 trip, what does Bell plan to study and observe so she can share her findings with the English?
(a) Roman and Byzantine ruins and the Bedouin and Druze people.
(b) Bedouine and Byzantine ruins and the Roman and Druze people.
(c) Bedouine and Byzantine people and Roman and Druze ruins.
(d) Roman and Byzantine people and Bedouin and Druze ruins.

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

3. What is complicating the British ability in gaining intelligence even a year after the start of the First World War?
(a) The British do not blend in with the indigenous people, culture,and religions.
(b) The British government in India and Egypt are fighting over territory.
(c) The British have been clashing with people in Middle East for centuries.
(d) The region has many languages, religions, cultural differences, and a lack of trust.

4. In Chapter 10, the reader learns Bell spends the balance of 1911 and 1912 where?
(a) In Tibet.
(b) In India.
(c) At home in Baghdad.
(d) At home in England.

5. Where does Bell obtain this knowledge?
(a) Royal Astronomical Society.
(b) Royal Geographical Society.
(c) Royal Army Engineer Academy.
(d) Royal Army Geography Corps.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is Janet Wallach's work a biography of?

4. Bell launches the first of many trips into the desert, taking along only which employees?

5. What is Bell doing in the remainder of 1911 and 1912?

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