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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 Baghdad, gaining unanimous support on arrival.
(c) Travel to Bucharest, gaining unanimous support en route.
(d) Travel to Baghdad, gaining unanimous support en route.

3. 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) Percy Jafar.
(b) Jafar Pasha.
(c) Pasha Jafat.
(d) Joseph Potts.

4. 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 social welfare.
(c) Minister of war.
(d) Minister of finance.

5. Bell spends much time exploring Paris with whom while attending the peace conference?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her stepsister.
(c) Winston Churchill.
(d) T.E. Lawrence.

6. 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) British.
(b) Turkish.
(c) French.
(d) U.S.

7. Chapter 32 shows the burgeoning friendship between Faisal and Bell, upon whom the king has come to rely for what advice?
(a) Both diplomatic and political issues.
(b) Both political and mundane household issues.
(c) Both political and religious issues.
(d) Both mundane household and personal issues.

8. In what situation does Bell find herself in Chapter 24?
(a) British colleagues praise her, but the Arab people openly shun her.
(b) British colleagues and the Arab people both openly shun her.
(c) British colleagues praise and the Arab people openly embrace her.
(d) British colleagues shun her, while the Arab people openly embrace her.

9. 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) Been to only as a visitor previously, whose people he does not know.
(c) Never been to before, whose people he does not know.
(d) Been to only on holiday and diplomatic events, known to few people there.

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

11. Bell determines she will have to create what for Faisal and his court for him to be successful?
(a) Suitable political status.
(b) Requisite diplomatic procedures.
(c) Proper ceremonial procedures.
(d) Appropriate attire, cultural mannerisms.

12. What Persian title do the Arabs refer to Bell by which is approximately the equivalent of queen or empress?
(a) Iflak.
(b) Khatun.
(c) Khatula.
(d) Anam.

13. Bell learns that the Turks, upset over failure to sign a peace treaty with Britain and France, are embracing what in 1920?
(a) Hungarian propoganda.
(b) Tibetan propaganda.
(c) Bohemian propoganda.
(d) Bolshevik propaganda.

14. By March 1917, the British are in control of which location to which Cox summons Bell?
(a) Tehran.
(b) Amman.
(c) Baghdad.
(d) Kabul.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bell thrills to the possibility of defining a whole new country as she pores over her maps of which areas upon the conclusion of World War I?

2. Why does Bell leak some secret documents to an influential Arab nationalist in 1920?

3. What are the secret documents that Bell leaks about in 1920?

4. What about Churchill pleases Bell at the Cairo Conference of 1921?

5. What does Wallach describe as thrilling Bell in Chapter 23?

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