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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) Two weeks.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) One month.

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

3. What is Bell's reaction to losing her trusted mentor in the summer of 1918?
(a) Deeply upset.
(b) Bedridden briefly from despair.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Mildly upset.

4. The son of the Sharif Hussein will rule with Arab governors and an Arab administration, but he will rule under whose supervision upon conclusion of the war?
(a) U.S.
(b) Turkish.
(c) French.
(d) British.

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

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

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

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

9. 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) Oman.
(b) Mesopotamia.
(c) Persia.
(d) Hordan.

10. Her spirits rise on October 31, 1918 when Bell learns that the Allies have signed an armistice with which nation?
(a) Austria-Hungary.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.

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

12. The end of World War I means a tough job ahead for a multitude of people in which nation Bell has been adopting?
(a) Syria.
(b) Mesopotamia.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Kuwait.

13. The Naqib of Baghdad, the religious leader of which branch of the Islamic faith, shares his discontent with Bell about the decisions of the British government regarding leadership within Syria following the war?
(a) Shiite.
(b) Alevi.
(c) Sunni.
(d) Yazidi.

14. Chapter 31 reveals Bell must advise Faisal on how to gain the approval of which individual?
(a) Naadir.
(b) Namir.
(c) Narjes.
(d) Naqib.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. At home, following the war, Bell's family's business is suffering huge financial problems due to what?

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

4. Which of the King of Syria's brothers is the King of Iraq following the First World War?

5. Chapter 28 finds Bell ebullient at Cox's return when?

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