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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bell next goes to stay with the Lascelles at their embassy home in ________, but finds it boring.
(a) Berne, Switzerland.
(b) Vienna, Austria.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) Berlin, Germany.

2. January 1914 ends, water and provisions are running low, and who is sent to warn Bell to turn back?
(a) Turkish soldiers.
(b) British soldiers.
(c) Lebanese soldiers.
(d) Arabian sheiks.

3. Who are the children of Hugh Bell and Florence Olliffe?
(a) Hugo, Mary, and Lisa.
(b) Harry, Mary, and Elsa.
(c) Harry, Molly, and Lisa.
(d) Hugo, Molly, and Elsa.

4. In Chapter 2, readers learn Bell attends what school in 1886?
(a) University of Oxford.
(b) Kingston University.
(c) University of Greenwich.
(d) Trinity University.

5. Who will Lawrence one day comes to be known as?
(a) Lawrence of Syria.
(b) Lawrence of Palestine.
(c) Lawrence of Arabia.
(d) Lawrence of Lebanon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In May of 1911 Bell meets Thomas Edward Lawrence whose position is what?

2. What is Bell doing in the remainder of 1911 and 1912?

3. A colleague where needs Bell's knowledge of the Arab countries and her map reading skills and calls for her in the second half of 1915?

4. Delaere serves Bell in what capacity?

5. A few days into her trip, a Druze band attacks Bell's caravan, but who rescues them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Bell's role as a member of Cox's Political Staff?

2. What does Bell discover upon returning home in June 1923?

3. In what fashion is Bell raised?

4. Where does Bell gain her early education?

5. What does Bell do with King Faisal established on the Iraqi throne?

6. What does Bell do subsequent to the warning by the Turkish soldiers toward the end of January 1914?

7. What aspect of her duties is Bell unhappy about and how does this change?

8. What sort of family is Gertrude Bell born into?

9. What does Bell do in March 1919?

10. What takes place upon Cox's return to Baghdad in October 1920?

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