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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. In Chapter 13, Bell stays for several weeks before heading in which direction and arriving on May 1, 1914?
(a) South.
(b) North.
(c) East.
(d) West.

2. When she learns an unrequited love who has gone to war has died in battle, Bell does what?
(a) Initially buries herself in work, but eventually recovers and is happy.
(b) Mourns his loss, but later meets another man and marries.
(c) Plunges into silent depression, which never truly lifts for duration of her life.
(d) Dates again after a time, although she never marries.

3. When World War I begins, the British have concerns regarding Turkish trade routes to India and what else?
(a) Egyptian petroleum fields.
(b) The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
(c) Jordan petroleum fields.
(d) Persian petroleum fields.

4. By 1917 Bell acquires what in the Political Office?
(a) A two-room suite.
(b) A personal maid.
(c) A room with running water.
(d) Military status.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bell falls in love with which son of British Minister Frank Lascelles?

2. Whose coronation does Bell attend on June 22, 1911?

3. What does Wallach describe as thrilling Bell in Chapter 23?

4. Who joins Bell in Turkey?

5. Which son of the Sharif Hussein does the British government select as the new ruler of Syria following the war?

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