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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Khatun, Chapters 33, 34, 35 and 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which son of the Sharif Hussein does the British government select as the new ruler of Syria following the war?
(a) Zaid.
(b) Yazidi.
(c) Abdullah,
(d) Faisal.

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

4. Bell determines she will have to create what for Faisal and his court for him to be successful?
(a) Requisite diplomatic procedures.
(b) Proper ceremonial procedures.
(c) Suitable political status.
(d) Appropriate attire, cultural mannerisms.

5. Chapter 5 finds Bell traveling to Jerusalem in what month and year?
(a) September 1899.
(b) December 1888.
(c) July 1899.
(d) November 1899.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Bell active in this movement in 1908?

2. In a trip across the desert, Bell spends months documenting and photographing what?

3. The Bell family fortune is slipping away, and she returns to Baghdad at what point in Chapter 35?

4. Which position does Bell assume in preparation for the establishment of a Baghdad Museum?

5. What title does Cox give Bell in 1917?

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