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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Faisal is eventually elected and his coronation is held when?
(a) August 23, 1921.
(b) November 24, 1921.
(c) December 25, 1921.
(d) October 31, 1921.

2. Where does Bell escort her father on a month-long trip in Chapter 25?
(a) China.
(b) South America.
(c) North America.
(d) Arab countries.

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

4. When Bell stops to visit the new ruler of Syria in September 1919, she learns he is lobbying for support where?
(a) U.S.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Persia.

5. When does Bell travel to France to take part in the Paris Peace Conference?
(a) February 1919.
(b) December 1918.
(c) January 1919.
(d) March 1919.

6. 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) Kinahan Cornwallis.
(c) Kinston Cornwallis.
(d) Kevin Cornwallis.

7. At home, following the war, Bell's family's business is suffering huge financial problems due to what?
(a) Strikes and rebellion against the Victorian social structure.
(b) Strikes and political turmoil subsequent to the war.
(c) Strikes and a depression hitting England after the war.
(d) Strikes and mismanagement while her father was ill.

8. Late in 1919, Bell's superior is furious about her memo regarding what might be possible in a few years, believing Britain should not do anything to risk losing what?
(a) Strategic military proximity to Persia.
(b) Valuable oil in the Mesopotamian region.
(c) Political dominance over border area with Turkey.
(d) Control over valuable trade routes along the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers.

9. What does Bell do to manage her emotions at the start of 1921?
(a) Communicates extensively bia letters to her family.
(b) Buries herself in work.
(c) Pours herself out to Cox.
(d) Works extensively in museum in Tehran.

10. The independent state Cox announces in the summer of 1920 is to be under the guarantee of what?
(a) North Arabic Treaty Organization (NATO).
(b) Middle Eastern Allied States (MEAS).
(c) United Nations.
(d) League of Nations.

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

12. 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 Gerard Clayton.
(b) General Clayton Gerard.
(c) General Clayton Gilbert.
(d) General Gilbert Clayton.

13. The Arab government, in desperate need of financial assistance, is angry and unwilling to accept whose aid following the Paris Peace Conference?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) France.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bell's role in Cox's unit is to keep track of Ibn Saud and Ibn Rashid, as well as to monitor whose activities?

2. 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?

3. Faisal and Bell spend much time together doing what activities to get the new king acclimated to his new country following his coronation?

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

5. Chapter 32 shows the burgeoning friendship between Faisal and Bell, upon whom the king has come to rely for what advice?

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