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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Khatun, Chapters 21, 22, 23 and 24.

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) 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.

2. Who will Lawrence one day comes to be known as?
(a) Lawrence of Lebanon.
(b) Lawrence of Arabia.
(c) Lawrence of Palestine.
(d) Lawrence of Syria.

3. Initially unsuccessful in garnering any marriage proposals, Bell turns to travel and journeys where?
(a) Persia.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Mesopotamia.

4. Chapter 6 finds Bell where in the summer of 1900?
(a) Touring in Turkey.
(b) Returning to Jerusalem.
(c) At home in England.
(d) On holiday in Paris.

5. Bell eventually gains the confidence of which soldiers who agree to accompany her on her journey over desert sands?
(a) Bedouin.
(b) Ottoman.
(c) Moroccan.
(d) Bolshevik.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The local people are suspicious of Bell's motives and imprison her in the large palace for how long?

3. By the end of her second year, Bell is the first woman to achieve first place in Modern History studies, but fails in what?

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

5. Which son of the Sharif Hussein does the British government select as the new ruler of Syria following the war?

(see the answer key)

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