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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. Victorian England allows Bell the comforts of her family's wealth, but also limits the possibilities in life for woman like Bell for what reasons?
(a) The only occupation for Victorian women outside academia is nursing.
(b) Bright, driven women cannot channel their energies outside academia.
(c) Bright, driven women receive no proposals from equivalent men.
(d) Even bright, driven men seek only women in mother-servant role.

2. The British Ambassador in which location is eager to learn what Bell had learned about the people and the area on her journey in early 1914?
(a) Bursa.
(b) Constantinople.
(c) Adana.
(d) Ankara.

3. Much of Bell's information is provided by Richard (Dick) Doughty-Wylie who is now living where?
(a) Constantinople.
(b) Belgrade.
(c) Serajevo.
(d) Lhasa.

4. When Bell continues eastward and across the Pacific, where in North America does she initially land?
(a) Juneau.
(b) Portland.
(c) Vancouver.
(d) San Francisco.

5. In a second trip, Bell comes dangerously close to losing her life on a climb up what rocky surface?
(a) Salajekna glacier.
(b) Langfjordjøkelen glacier.
(c) Finsteraarhorn glacier.
(d) Aletschgletscher glacier.

Short Answer Questions

1. On her 1905 trip, what does Bell plan to study and observe so she can share her findings with the English?

2. Why does Hugh Bell not deem Cadogan to be a fit suitor and refuse to consent to their marrying?

3. What location does Bell move onto following this warning to turn back?

4. Longing to escape her dreary existence in England, when does Bell leave for the East once more?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the outcome when the British government has General Allenby appoint Sharif Hussein's son as the new ruler of Syria?

2. What does author Janet Wallach establish in the opening chapters of the book?

3. What is the purpose of Bell's journey in the winter of 1909?

4. What does Bell learn about unrest subsequent to her return to Baghdad following the Paris Peace Conference?

5. What takes place when Bell's white paper is published?

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

7. What takes place at the Cairo Conference?

8. What dark cloud looms on the horizon for Bell at the end of Chapter 34?

9. What transpires for Bell between the end of 1913 and the end of January 1914?

10. What transpires in June 1914 that causes the British government to seek Bell out again?

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