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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it by the summer of 1889 that Bell's feelings for Lascelles's son wane?
(a) He is not as bright, passionate as she.
(b) He buries himself in politics.
(c) They share few common interests.
(d) He calls upon her less frequently.

2. Much of Bell's information is provided by Richard (Dick) Doughty-Wylie who is now living where?
(a) Serajevo.
(b) Belgrade.
(c) Constantinople.
(d) Lhasa.

3. Chapter 16 finds Bell in the East disembarking from a what?
(a) Troop transport train.
(b) Troop transport ship.
(c) Troop transport trailer.
(d) Troop transport lorry (truck).

4. Why is Bell active in this movement in 1908?
(a) She favors equal voting rights.
(b) She resents male/female inequality.
(c) She values tradition; social movement is counter to her core Victorian beliefs.
(d) Traditional Victorians favor segregating working and ruling classes.

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

6. The British government's concern about the Turkish people is that they will side with which nation if a world war breaks out in 1914 or shortly thereafter?
(a) Finland.
(b) Bulgaria.
(c) Austria-Hungary.
(d) Germany.

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

8. In Chapter 2, readers learn Bell attends what school in 1886?
(a) University of Greenwich.
(b) University of Oxford.
(c) Trinity University.
(d) Kingston University.

9. Bell was born on what date?
(a) July 18, 1868.
(b) July 11. 1868.
(c) July 14, 1868.
(d) July 11, 1867.

10. In the summer of 1902, which individual does Bell hire?
(a) Martha Delaere.
(b) Marilyn Delaere.
(c) Marie Delaere.
(d) Marsha Delaere.

11. On her 1905 trip, what does Bell plan to study and observe so she can share her findings with the English?
(a) Roman and Byzantine ruins and the Bedouin and Druze people.
(b) Roman and Byzantine people and Bedouin and Druze ruins.
(c) Bedouine and Byzantine people and Roman and Druze ruins.
(d) Bedouine and Byzantine ruins and the Roman and Druze people.

12. When she embarks in 1909, what knowledge does Bell take with her?
(a) Surveillance, map making, and astronomy.
(b) Surveying, geography, and astronomy.
(c) Surveying, map making, and astrology.
(d) Surveying, map making, and astronomy.

13. Victorian England allows Bell the comforts of her family's wealth, but also limits the possibilities in life for woman like Bell for what reasons?
(a) Bright, driven women cannot channel their energies outside academia.
(b) Bright, driven women receive no proposals from equivalent men.
(c) The only occupation for Victorian women outside academia is nursing.
(d) Even bright, driven men seek only women in mother-servant role.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bell visit with her stepmother's sister in 1889 to develop a social life?

2. Chapter 4 finds Bell how old and mourning the loss of Cadogan, who has died of pneumonia?

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

4. Delaere serves Bell in what capacity?

5. How long does the British government deny Bell passage to the East following the outbreak of the First World War?

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