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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bell is in dire need of some time off in the summer of 1918 and leaves to go where for a week?
(a) Muscat.
(b) Tehran.
(c) Riyadh.
(d) Damascus.

2. What title does Cox give Bell in 1917?
(a) Persian Secretary.
(b) Middle Eastern Secretary.
(c) Mesopotamian Secretary.
(d) Oriental Secretary.

3. Bell's role in Cox's unit is to keep track of Ibn Saud and Ibn Rashid, as well as to monitor whose activities?
(a) Austrian-Hungarian spies.
(b) Turkish spies.
(c) Lebanese spies.
(d) German spies.

4. The independent state Cox announces in the summer of 1920 is to be under the guarantee of what?
(a) League of Nations.
(b) North Arabic Treaty Organization (NATO).
(c) Middle Eastern Allied States (MEAS).
(d) United Nations.

5. Which general does the British government instruct to appoint a new ruler of Syria once the war is over?
(a) General Allens.
(b) General Allentown.
(c) General Allenton.
(d) General Allenby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bell spends much time exploring Paris with whom while attending the peace conference?

2. 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?

3. What is Bell's reaction to losing her trusted mentor in the summer of 1918?

4. In assisting Cox in establishing a government, Bell feels that Faisal is the obvious choice for the position of emir for what reason?

5. 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?

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