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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Khatun, Chapters 25, 26, 27 and 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bell reaches what location the day following her release from custody in early 1914?
(a) Baghdad.
(b) Riyadh.
(c) Muscat.
(d) Beirut.

2. The weather is also a major obstacle for Bell in collecting military intelligence information as the intense heat prohibits what?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Proper attire for a lady.
(c) Daytime work.
(d) Midday work.

3. What is the main purpose of her month-long trip with her beloved father before returning in the first half of 1920?
(a) To escape political hostilities.
(b) To share his feelings about his wife refusing to leave him.
(c) To bolster his spirits following his wife's death.
(d) To ffer support due to his declining career.

4. What Persian title do the Arabs refer to Bell by which is approximately the equivalent of queen or empress?
(a) Khatula.
(b) Khatun.
(c) Iflak.
(d) Anam.

5. In Chapter 10, the reader learns Bell spends the balance of 1911 and 1912 where?
(a) At home in England.
(b) In India.
(c) At home in Baghdad.
(d) In Tibet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 28 finds Bell ebullient at Cox's return when?

2. Bell arrives where in November 1913?

3. 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?

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. January 1914 ends, water and provisions are running low, and who is sent to warn Bell to turn back?

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