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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) They share few common interests.
(b) He is not as bright, passionate as she.
(c) He calls upon her less frequently.
(d) He buries himself in politics.

2. What adventure does Bell tackle before returning to England in July 1903?
(a) Rafting the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon.
(b) Trekking through Baja California.
(c) Climbing in the Rocky Mountains.
(d) Crossing the Mojave Desert.

3. Bell will become a spy for which British agency during the First World War?
(a) Foreign Office.
(b) Royal Marines.
(c) Royal Army.
(d) MI6, the secret intelligence service.

4. Delaere serves Bell in what capacity?
(a) Secretary.
(b) Cook.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Maid.

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

6. Who is Janet Wallach's work a biography of?
(a) Gertrude Magdalena Lowthian Bell.
(b) Geraldine Maria Lowthian Bell.
(c) Gertrude Maegan Lowthian Bell.
(d) Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell.

7. 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) Even bright, driven men seek only women in mother-servant role.
(d) The only occupation for Victorian women outside academia is nursing.

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

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

10. Bell falls in love with which young man toward the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Herbert Cadogan.
(b) Harold Cadogan.
(c) Hewitt Cadogan.
(d) Henry Cadogan.

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

12. Chapter 4 finds Bell how old and mourning the loss of Cadogan, who has died of pneumonia?
(a) Age 26.
(b) Age 23.
(c) Age 25.
(d) Age 24.

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

14. What progressive girls' school in London is Bell sent away to?
(a) London College.
(b) Thames College.
(c) Queen's College.
(d) Brunswick College.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Following the warning to turn back toward the end of January 1914 and her arrival at a safe location, Bell spends how long there as the guest of a local sheik?

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

3. When she learns an unrequited love who has gone to war has died in battle, Bell does what?

4. Who will Lawrence one day comes to be known as?

5. After returning to London in 1889, Bell spends how long in social seasons without garnering any marriage proposals?

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