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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 29 reveals what emotion filling Bell at the beginning of 1921?
(a) Tranquility.
(b) Equanimity.
(c) Calmness.
(d) Apprehension.

2. What are the secret documents that Bell leaks about in 1920?
(a) A communist government.
(b) A constitutional government.
(c) A monarchial government.
(d) A socialist government.

3. When hearing of Bell leaking the documents in 1920, what does her superior do?
(a) Reports her indiscreton to a British tribunal.
(b) Severely chastises her for the indiscretion.
(c) Imposes administrative, non-judicial punishment.
(d) Temporarily confines her to quarters.

4. Chapter 28 finds Bell ebullient at Cox's return when?
(a) October 1920.
(b) December 1920.
(c) September 1920.
(d) November 1920.

5. While Cox must leave Baghdad in the summer of 1920, he promises to return to establish a what?
(a) Permanent Arab government.
(b) Persistent Arab government.
(c) Perpetual Arab government.
(d) Provisional Arab government.

6. Faisal is regal but cautious in his maneuvers in Iraq, a country he has what?
(a) Been to only as his brother's guest, knowing only those of high status.
(b) Never been to before, whose people he does not know.
(c) Been to only as a visitor previously, whose people he does not know.
(d) Been to only on holiday and diplomatic events, known to few people there.

7. In Chapter 22, following her rest in England, Bell stops in Cairo en route to Baghdad where she takes a meeting with which interior minister?
(a) General Gilbert Clayton.
(b) General Clayton Gerard.
(c) General Gerard Clayton.
(d) General Clayton Gilbert.

8. Where is Bell's work receiving praise from in early 1917?
(a) British government.
(b) Mesopotamian government.
(c) Persian government.
(d) Arab government.

9. Which of the King of Syria's brothers is the King of Iraq following the First World War?
(a) Abdullah.
(b) Faisal.
(c) Yazidi.
(d) Zaid.

10. Cox enlists Bell's help in naming Arab Ministers, and Naqib accepts what position in the last part of 1920?
(a) Minister of war.
(b) Prime minister.
(c) Minister of social welfare.
(d) Minister of finance.

11. The independent state Cox establishes in the summer of 1920 is to be subject to whose mandate?
(a) Arab States.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) France.
(d) U.S.

12. In the summer of 1920 after Bell informs him of what has been transpiring in his absence, Cox announces that which region is to be made an independent state ?
(a) Mesopotamia.
(b) Oman.
(c) Hordan.
(d) Persia.

13. Following the departure of her mentor, Bell is soon stricken with a bout of which illness?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Measles.

14. What about Churchill pleases Bell at the Cairo Conference of 1921?
(a) He switches from the Conservatives to Liberals in 1904.
(b) His professional interest.
(c) His witty charm.
(d) His management style.

15. Following the peace conference in France, Bell meets which soldier during her trip to Baghdad, whom she notes will be useful in the future?
(a) Joseph Potts.
(b) Percy Jafar.
(c) Pasha Jafat.
(d) Jafar Pasha.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which son of the Sharif Hussein does the British government select as the new ruler of Syria following the war?

2. By March 1917, the British are in control of which location to which Cox summons Bell?

3. What is Bell's reaction to losing her trusted mentor in the summer of 1918?

4. In assisting Cox in establishing a government, Bell feels that Faisal is the obvious choice for the position of emir for what reason?

5. The end of World War I means a tough job ahead for a multitude of people in which nation Bell has been adopting?

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