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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: A Victorian, Chapters 5, 6, 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 8 finds Bell is active in which movement in England in 1908?
(a) Women's rights.
(b) Anti-suffrage.
(c) Anti-union.
(d) Siffrage.

2. Who is Janet Wallach's work a biography of?
(a) Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell.
(b) Gertrude Magdalena Lowthian Bell.
(c) Gertrude Maegan Lowthian Bell.
(d) Geraldine Maria Lowthian Bell.

3. When do Bell and her entourage reach Bombay?
(a) December 1902.
(b) October 1892.
(c) November 1902.
(d) January 1903.

4. On her 1905 trip, what does Bell plan to study and observe so she can share her findings with the English?
(a) Roman and Byzantine people and Bedouin and Druze ruins.
(b) Bedouine and Byzantine people and Roman and Druze ruins.
(c) Roman and Byzantine ruins and the Bedouin and Druze people.
(d) Bedouine and Byzantine ruins and the Roman and Druze people.

5. 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) Bright, driven women receive no proposals from equivalent men.
(b) Even bright, driven men seek only women in mother-servant role.
(c) The only occupation for Victorian women outside academia is nursing.
(d) Bright, driven women cannot channel their energies outside academia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what season of 1871 does Mary Bell die of complications giving birth to a son whose name is Maurice?

2. In Chapter 2, what school does Bell attend?

3. After returning to London in 1889, Bell spends how long in social seasons without garnering any marriage proposals?

4. Janet Wallach shows Bell is more comfortable in the company of men, noting it is probably as a result of what?

5. In Chapter 2, readers learn Bell attends what school in 1886?

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