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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Following the departure of her mentor, Bell is soon stricken with a bout of which illness?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Measles.

2. What about Churchill pleases Bell at the Cairo Conference of 1921?
(a) His professional interest.
(b) His management style.
(c) His witty charm.
(d) He switches from the Conservatives to Liberals in 1904.

3. Chapter 29 reveals what emotion filling Bell at the beginning of 1921?
(a) Apprehension.
(b) Equanimity.
(c) Calmness.
(d) Tranquility.

4. In assisting Cox in establishing a government, Bell feels that Faisal is the obvious choice for the position of emir for what reason?
(a) He has the most experience and is held in high regard.
(b) He seems to be the most popular and in high regard by populace.
(c) He was ousted from his previous position by the French.
(d) He appears to be the most stable and intelligent candidate.

5. Chapter 28 finds Bell ebullient at Cox's return when?
(a) September 1920.
(b) December 1920.
(c) October 1920.
(d) November 1920.

6. In what situation does Bell find herself in Chapter 24?
(a) British colleagues praise and the Arab people openly embrace her.
(b) British colleagues and the Arab people both openly shun her.
(c) British colleagues praise her, but the Arab people openly shun her.
(d) British colleagues shun her, while the Arab people openly embrace her.

7. The independent state Cox establishes in the summer of 1920 is to be subject to whose mandate?
(a) U.S.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) France.
(d) Arab States.

8. The son of the Sharif Hussein will rule with Arab governors and an Arab administration, but he will rule under whose supervision upon conclusion of the war?
(a) British.
(b) Turkish.
(c) French.
(d) U.S.

9. Chapter 31 reveals Bell must advise Faisal on how to gain the approval of which individual?
(a) Namir.
(b) Narjes.
(c) Naadir.
(d) Naqib.

10. Following the peace conference in France, Bell meets which soldier during her trip to Baghdad, whom she notes will be useful in the future?
(a) Joseph Potts.
(b) Percy Jafar.
(c) Pasha Jafat.
(d) Jafar Pasha.

11. In Chapter 30, what is Bell's plan to get Faisal to the throne?
(a) Travel to Bucharest, gaining unanimous support en route.
(b) Travel to Baghdad, gaining unanimous support en route.
(c) Travel to Baghdad, gaining unanimous support prior to departure.
(d) Travel to Baghdad, gaining unanimous support on arrival.

12. Late in 1919, Bell's superior is furious about her memo regarding what might be possible in a few years, believing Britain should not do anything to risk losing what?
(a) Valuable oil in the Mesopotamian region.
(b) Control over valuable trade routes along the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers.
(c) Political dominance over border area with Turkey.
(d) Strategic military proximity to Persia.

13. By March 1917, the British are in control of which location to which Cox summons Bell?
(a) Amman.
(b) Baghdad.
(c) Tehran.
(d) Kabul.

14. At home, following the war, Bell's family's business is suffering huge financial problems due to what?
(a) Strikes and mismanagement while her father was ill.
(b) Strikes and a depression hitting England after the war.
(c) Strikes and rebellion against the Victorian social structure.
(d) Strikes and political turmoil subsequent to the war.

15. As Chapter 32 concludes, Bell's plan for an independent Iraq stands where?
(a) Nearly complete.
(b) Complete.
(c) Over a decade off.
(d) Some distance off.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bell also feels the lack of what in her life in Chapter 29?

2. Where is Bell's work receiving praise from in early 1917?

3. Whom do they present Bell's white paper to in early 1921?

4. Who is Bell's superior who is so upset about the memo Bell drafts late in 1919 regarding future possibilities?

5. By 1917 Bell acquires what in the Political Office?

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