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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Khatun, Chapters 21, 22, 23 and 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bell next goes to stay with the Lascelles at their embassy home in ________, but finds it boring.
(a) Berne, Switzerland.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) Berlin, Germany.
(d) Vienna, Austria.

2. What Persian title do the Arabs refer to Bell by which is approximately the equivalent of queen or empress?
(a) Iflak.
(b) Khatula.
(c) Anam.
(d) Khatun.

3. What title does Cox give Bell in 1917?
(a) Middle Eastern Secretary.
(b) Mesopotamian Secretary.
(c) Oriental Secretary.
(d) Persian Secretary.

4. Bell finds herself back in the dreariness of England during which season in 1915 in Chapter 15?
(a) Summer.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

5. In what season of 1871 does Mary Bell die of complications giving birth to a son whose name is Maurice?
(a) Spring.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bell finds herself meeting members of which esteemed group in Chapter 7?

2. These esteemed members that Bell meets are graduates from which institutions?

3. Who are the children of Hugh Bell and Florence Olliffe?

4. In Chapter 13, Bell stays for several weeks before heading in which direction and arriving on May 1, 1914?

5. Her spirits rise on October 31, 1918 when Bell learns that the Allies have signed an armistice with which nation?

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