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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At age two, what is the name of the Middlesbrough home Bell and her family move to?
(a) Red Oaks.
(b) Reddington.
(c) Red Barns.
(d) Red River.

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

4. 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) The only occupation for Victorian women outside academia is nursing.
(c) Bright, driven women receive no proposals from equivalent men.
(d) Even bright, driven men seek only women in mother-servant role.

5. What does Bell do for the next five years following the loss of Cadogan?
(a) Travels and learns several European languages.
(b) Travels, but to no real purpose.
(c) Studies in America, but achieves no additional degrees.
(d) Donates herself to teaching children with handicaps.

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

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

8. Bell enters a large house where an Arab woman interrogates her and leaves her in a large room for how long before she may see the Emir Ibrihim?
(a) All day.
(b) Half a day.
(c) Four days.
(d) Two hours.

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

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

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

12. Who are the children of Hugh Bell and Florence Olliffe?
(a) Hugo, Molly, and Elsa.
(b) Harry, Mary, and Elsa.
(c) Harry, Molly, and Lisa.
(d) Hugo, Mary, and Lisa.

13. Bell falls in love with which son of British Minister Frank Lascelles?
(a) Charles.
(b) Billy.
(c) Frederick.
(d) George.

14. 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) Bedouine and Byzantine ruins and the Roman and Druze people.
(c) Roman and Byzantine people and Bedouin and Druze ruins.
(d) Bedouine and Byzantine people and Roman and Druze ruins.

15. Bell finds herself meeting members of which esteemed group in Chapter 7?
(a) Arabian Knights.
(b) Indian Civil Service.
(c) Pakistani Army.
(d) Moroccan Palace Guards.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, Bell stays for several weeks before heading in which direction and arriving on May 1, 1914?

2. Chapter 8 finds Bell is active in which movement in England in 1908?

3. Initially unsuccessful in garnering any marriage proposals, Bell turns to travel and journeys where?

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

5. Which men does Bell meet at the British consul in Chapter 16?

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