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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 10, the reader learns Bell spends the balance of 1911 and 1912 where?
(a) At home in Baghdad.
(b) In Tibet.
(c) In India.
(d) At home in England.

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

3. 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.

4. Upon returning home, Bell spends how long writing a new book bearing the title Amurath to Amurath?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 15 months.
(d) 18 months.

5. Where does Bell visit with her stepmother's sister in 1889 to develop a social life?
(a) Paris.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Bucharest.

6. Which men does Bell meet at the British consul in Chapter 16?
(a) W. Churchill, G. Clayton, and P. Cox.
(b) H. Philby, A. T. Wilson, and H. Dobbs.
(c) H. Philby, T.E. Lawrence, and P. Cox.
(d) H. Philby, A. T. Wilson, and P. Cox.

7. Who meets Bell in her office at the military intelligence agency?
(a) T.E. Lawrence.
(b) A.T. Wilson.
(c) H. Philby.
(d) P. Cox.

8. Who were Bell's parents?
(a) Hugh and Melissa Sands Bell.
(b) Hugh and Melody Stark Bell.
(c) Hugh and Mary Shield Bell.
(d) Hugh and Margaret Steele Bell.

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

10. At the start of 1902, Bell makes another trip to the East, stopping where before returning to England by the summer?
(a) Algiers, Syria, and Jerusalem.
(b) Algiers, Smyrna, and Jerusalem.
(c) Lhasa, Algiers, and Syria.
(d) Lebanon, Syria, and Mauritania.

11. When do Bell and her entourage reach Bombay?
(a) December 1902.
(b) November 1902.
(c) January 1903.
(d) October 1892.

12. In a second trip, Bell comes dangerously close to losing her life on a climb up what rocky surface?
(a) Langfjordjøkelen glacier.
(b) Aletschgletscher glacier.
(c) Salajekna glacier.
(d) Finsteraarhorn glacier.

13. A few days into her trip, a Druze band attacks Bell's caravan, but who rescues them?
(a) Jordanian shepherds.
(b) Lawrence.
(c) Two sheiks.
(d) Lebanese soldiers.

14. In Chapter 2, what school does Bell attend?
(a) Kingston University.
(b) Essex University.
(c) Camelot University.
(d) University of Oxford.

15. Bell reaches what location the day following her release from custody in early 1914?
(a) Baghdad.
(b) Muscat.
(c) Beirut.
(d) Riyadh.

Short Answer Questions

1. January 1914 ends, water and provisions are running low, and who is sent to warn Bell to turn back?

2. At age two, what is the name of the Middlesbrough home Bell and her family move to?

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

4. Bell will become a spy for which British agency during the First World War?

5. 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?

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