Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell, Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell, Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

Janet Wallach
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 141 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. By 1917 Bell acquires what in the Political Office?
(a) A personal maid.
(b) A two-room suite.
(c) A room with running water.
(d) Military status.

2. Although full of conviction, Bell does not carry much power in her initial role as a British spy. Why?
(a) She acts in an unofficial capacity.
(b) She holds an administrative position.
(c) She works for British government, not a military officer.
(d) She is a female in a male environment.

3. Janet Wallach shows Bell is more comfortable in the company of men, noting it is probably as a result of what?
(a) Her mother dying young and her civil, but distant, relations with stepmother.
(b) Her particularly close relationship with her brother.
(c) Her unhesitant insistence to approach them as equals.
(d) Her extremely close relationship with her father.

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

5. Chapter 8 finds Bell is active in which movement in England in 1908?
(a) Siffrage.
(b) Women's rights.
(c) Anti-union.
(d) Anti-suffrage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What location does Bell move onto following this warning to turn back?

2. in the spring of 1918, Bell works under the command of which acting civil commissioner during Cox's absence?

3. Delaere serves Bell in what capacity?

4. Which men does Bell meet at the British consul in Chapter 16?

5. Bell finds herself back in the dreariness of England during which season in 1915 in Chapter 15?

(see the answer key)

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