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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Khatun, Chapters 29, 30, 31 and 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Naqib of Baghdad, the religious leader of which branch of the Islamic faith, shares his discontent with Bell about the decisions of the British government regarding leadership within Syria following the war?
(a) Shiite.
(b) Alevi.
(c) Yazidi.
(d) Sunni.

3. Bell launches the first of many trips into the desert, taking along only which employees?
(a) A cook, a muleteer, and a civilian guard.
(b) A cook and two cameleers.
(c) A cook, a cameleer, and a civilian guard.
(d) A cook and two muleteers.

4. In Chapter 22, following her rest in England, Bell stops in Cairo en route to Baghdad where she takes a meeting with which interior minister?
(a) General Clayton Gilbert.
(b) General Gerard Clayton.
(c) General Clayton Gerard.
(d) General Gilbert Clayton.

5. What city do Bell and her caravan reach in Chapter 12?
(a) Beirut.
(b) Damascus.
(c) Amman.
(d) Hayil.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the end of her second year, Bell is the first woman to achieve first place in Modern History studies, but fails in what?

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

3. By the end of May, 1914, Bell is back in England where she receives a prestigious gold medal from whom?

4. In the winter of 1909 Bell makes her first journey from Syria to what region?

5. Where is Bell's heading on her next trip in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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