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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the only man who can buoy Bell's spirits in the face of adversity like that of the British influence in the Arab region in early 1920?
(a) Her father.
(b) T.E. Lawrence.
(c) Percy Cox.
(d) Richard Doughty-Wylie.

2. Whom do they present Bell's white paper to in early 1921?
(a) House of Commons.
(b) Both houses of Parliament.
(c) House of Lords.
(d) King George V.

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

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

5. What is the title of Bell's white paper she publishes in January 1921?
(a) Review of the Civil Administration of Arabia.
(b) Review of the Civil Administration of Mesopotamia.
(c) Review of the Civil Administration of Persia.
(d) Review of the Civil Administration of Iraq.

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

7. 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) Yazidi.
(b) Shiite.
(c) Alevi.
(d) Sunni.

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

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) Persia.
(c) Mesopotamia.
(d) Hordan.

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

11. Initially functioning in an unofficial capacity that hinders her progress and status, Bell eventually becomes a full member of Cox's Political Staff of which unit?
(a) Persian Expeditionary Force A.
(b) India Expeditionary Force D.
(c) Middle Eastern Expeditionary Force C.
(d) Mesopotamian Expeditionary force B.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Chapter 26 open with no establishment of an Arab government in Iraq?

2. Along which river does Bell brave wartime skirmishes and blistering heat to travel the area in search of information in Chapter 17?

3. Who does Chapter 25 find to be the King of Syria?

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

5. 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?

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