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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Following the Paris Peace Conference, Bell returns to her home in England to takes a needed rest for how long?
(a) A few months.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) One month.
(d) Two weeks.

2. Bell also feels the lack of what in her life in Chapter 29?
(a) Ability to make significant constribution to governmental progress.
(b) Any real friends.
(c) Inability to enage in rock climbing in desert.
(d) A serious research project to be working on.

3. What is the main purpose of her month-long trip with her beloved father before returning in the first half of 1920?
(a) To escape political hostilities.
(b) To bolster his spirits following his wife's death.
(c) To ffer support due to his declining career.
(d) To share his feelings about his wife refusing to leave him.

4. Bell meets up again with Lawrence at the Cairo Conference of 1921 and has what reaction?
(a) It pleases her.
(b) It annoys her.
(c) It dismays her.
(d) Indifference.

5. When does Chapter 26 open with no establishment of an Arab government in Iraq?
(a) April 1920.
(b) March 1920.
(c) June 1920.
(d) May 1920.

6. As Cox returns to Baghdad in Chapter 27, Bell is quick to share information about the uprisings and unrest among the people who are tired of waiting for what?
(a) A democratic government.
(b) A union of republican nations.
(c) A Egyptian ruler.
(d) An Arab ruler.

7. In Chapter 30, what is Bell's plan to get Faisal to the throne?
(a) Travel to Baghdad, gaining unanimous support prior to departure.
(b) Travel to Bucharest, gaining unanimous support en route.
(c) Travel to Baghdad, gaining unanimous support en route.
(d) Travel to Baghdad, gaining unanimous support on arrival.

8. The first matter of business Bell undertakes in Baghdad upon her return late in 1919 is to draft a report stating that what would be a possibility within a few years?
(a) A Jordanian State.
(b) An Egyptian State.
(c) An Arab State.
(d) A Persian State.

9. in the spring of 1918, Bell works under the command of which acting civil commissioner during Cox's absence?
(a) Arnold T. Wilson.
(b) H. St. John Philby.
(c) Gilbert Clayton.
(d) Frank Lascelles.

10. Which son of the Sharif Hussein does the British government select as the new ruler of Syria following the war?
(a) Zaid.
(b) Faisal.
(c) Yazidi.
(d) Abdullah,

11. What is the name of Faisal's official aide from whom Bell learns that the receptions en route to the throne are not going well in 1921?
(a) Kingham Cornwallis.
(b) Kinston Cornwallis.
(c) Kinahan Cornwallis.
(d) Kevin Cornwallis.

12. Bell's role in Cox's unit is to keep track of Ibn Saud and Ibn Rashid, as well as to monitor whose activities?
(a) Turkish spies.
(b) German spies.
(c) Lebanese spies.
(d) Austrian-Hungarian spies.

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

14. Which general does the British government instruct to appoint a new ruler of Syria once the war is over?
(a) General Allenton.
(b) General Allenby.
(c) General Allentown.
(d) General Allens.

15. Between Cairo and Baghdad, where does Bell make stops following her rest in England after the Paris Peace Conference?
(a) Ankara and Palestine.
(b) Tehran and Islamabad.
(c) Palestine and Damascus.
(d) Amman and Sofia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bell spends much time exploring Paris with whom while attending the peace conference?

2. When does Bell travel to France to take part in the Paris Peace Conference?

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

4. Bell determines she will have to create what for Faisal and his court for him to be successful?

5. Bell learns that the Turks, upset over failure to sign a peace treaty with Britain and France, are embracing what in 1920?

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