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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Khatun, Chapters 33, 34, 35 and 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is suffering a decline in this country where Bell is in 1912 that draws her attention?
(a) Ankara empire.
(b) Ottoman government.
(c) Safa government.
(d) Turkic Seljuk government.

2. Who is Bell's superior who is so upset about the memo Bell drafts late in 1919 regarding future possibilities?
(a) Arnold T. Wilson.
(b) Frank Lascelles.
(c) H. St. John Philby.
(d) Henry Cadogan.

3. Chapter 5 finds Bell traveling to Jerusalem in what month and year?
(a) November 1899.
(b) December 1888.
(c) September 1899.
(d) July 1899.

4. Faisal is regal but cautious in his maneuvers in Iraq, a country he has what?
(a) Never been to before, whose people he does not know.
(b) Been to only as a visitor previously, whose people he does not know.
(c) Been to only on holiday and diplomatic events, known to few people there.
(d) Been to only as his brother's guest, knowing only those of high status.

5. When she learns an unrequited love who has gone to war has died in battle, Bell does what?
(a) Mourns his loss, but later meets another man and marries.
(b) Dates again after a time, although she never marries.
(c) Plunges into silent depression, which never truly lifts for duration of her life.
(d) Initially buries herself in work, but eventually recovers and is happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the summer of 1920 after Bell informs him of what has been transpiring in his absence, Cox announces that which region is to be made an independent state ?

2. A dark cloud appears for Bell when what happens to her mentor Cox in Chapter 34?

3. In a second trip, Bell comes dangerously close to losing her life on a climb up what rocky surface?

4. At first, the men Bell meets at the start of Chapter 16 are cautious in their interactions with Bell, but she soon wins them over for what reasons?

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

(see the answer key)

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