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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When she returns from her week away in the summer of 1918, Bell learns that Cox is leaving for which British consulate?

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

4. At home, following the war, Bell's family's business is suffering huge financial problems due to what?

5. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Bell serve as an adviser to kings, which Wallach notes in the title of her biography of Bell?

Essay Topic 2

How does Bell fare as a student at the University of Oxford? What expectations do people have of her?

Essay Topic 3

What role does Bell's stepmother play in her life?

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