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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Bell's white paper she publishes in January 1921?
(a) Review of the Civil Administration of Arabia.
(b) Review of the Civil Administration of Mesopotamia.
(c) Review of the Civil Administration of Persia.
(d) Review of the Civil Administration of Iraq.

2. Where does Bell escort her father on a month-long trip in Chapter 25?
(a) North America.
(b) Arab countries.
(c) China.
(d) South America.

3. 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) Henry Cadogan.
(c) H. St. John Philby.
(d) Frank Lascelles.

4. Bell meets up again with Lawrence at the Cairo Conference of 1921 and has what reaction?
(a) It dismays her.
(b) Indifference.
(c) It pleases her.
(d) It annoys her.

5. Bell's role in Cox's unit is to keep track of Ibn Saud and Ibn Rashid, as well as to monitor whose activities?
(a) Austrian-Hungarian spies.
(b) Turkish spies.
(c) Lebanese spies.
(d) German spies.

6. When Bell stops to visit the new ruler of Syria in September 1919, she learns he is lobbying for support where?
(a) England.
(b) U.S.
(c) Persia.
(d) France.

7. The Arab government, in desperate need of financial assistance, is angry and unwilling to accept whose aid following the Paris Peace Conference?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) France.
(d) Egypt.

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

9. Faisal is eventually elected and his coronation is held when?
(a) October 31, 1921.
(b) December 25, 1921.
(c) August 23, 1921.
(d) November 24, 1921.

10. While Cox must leave Baghdad in the summer of 1920, he promises to return to establish a what?
(a) Permanent Arab government.
(b) Provisional Arab government.
(c) Persistent Arab government.
(d) Perpetual Arab government.

11. While thriving on the work as a spy for England, Bell laments the lack of what?
(a) Family.
(b) Comfortable weather.
(c) Friends.
(d) Opportunity to explore ruins.

12. 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 appears to be the most stable and intelligent candidate.
(b) He seems to be the most popular and in high regard by populace.
(c) He has the most experience and is held in high regard.
(d) He was ousted from his previous position by the French.

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

14. When does Bell travel to France to take part in the Paris Peace Conference?
(a) March 1919.
(b) January 1919.
(c) December 1918.
(d) February 1919.

15. 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) Midday work.
(d) Daytime work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only man who can buoy Bell's spirits in the face of adversity like that of the British influence in the Arab region in early 1920?

2. Along which river does Bell brave wartime skirmishes and blistering heat to travel the area in search of information in Chapter 17?

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. When does Chapter 26 open with no establishment of an Arab government in Iraq?

5. Bell is in dire need of some time off in the summer of 1918 and leaves to go where for a week?

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