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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What Persian title do the Arabs refer to Bell by which is approximately the equivalent of queen or empress?
(a) Khatun.
(b) Khatula.
(c) Iflak.
(d) Anam.

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

4. What is the name of Faisal's official aide from whom Bell learns that the receptions en route to the throne are not going well in 1921?
(a) Kevin Cornwallis.
(b) Kingham Cornwallis.
(c) Kinston Cornwallis.
(d) Kinahan Cornwallis.

5. The Naqib of Baghdad, the religious leader of which branch of the Islamic faith, shares his discontent with Bell about the decisions of the British government regarding leadership within Syria following the war?
(a) Shiite.
(b) Alevi.
(c) Sunni.
(d) Yazidi.

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

7. Bell determines she will have to create what for Faisal and his court for him to be successful?
(a) Suitable political status.
(b) Requisite diplomatic procedures.
(c) Proper ceremonial procedures.
(d) Appropriate attire, cultural mannerisms.

8. A few weeks following the presentation of her white paper in early 1921, Bell is one of which individuals that Winston Churchill summons for a meeting?
(a) Small group of archeologists.
(b) Small group of intelligence agents.
(c) Small group of historical mappers.
(d) Small group of orientalists.

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

10. As Cox returns to Baghdad in Chapter 27, Bell is quick to share information about the uprisings and unrest among the people who are tired of waiting for what?
(a) A Egyptian ruler.
(b) A democratic government.
(c) A union of republican nations.
(d) An Arab ruler.

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

12. What title does Cox give Bell in 1917?
(a) Mesopotamian Secretary.
(b) Oriental Secretary.
(c) Middle Eastern Secretary.
(d) Persian Secretary.

13. Why does Bell leak some secret documents to an influential Arab nationalist in 1920?
(a) She seeks to encourage a constitutional government for moderate Arabs.
(b) She seeks to encourage a democratic republic in southeastern Asia.
(c) She seeks to encourage a moderate commonwealth in southeastern Asia.
(d) She seeks to encourage an extensive empire in southwestern Asia.

14. What is Bell's reaction to losing her trusted mentor in the summer of 1918?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Deeply upset.
(c) Bedridden briefly from despair.
(d) Mildly upset.

15. Cox enlists Bell's help in naming Arab Ministers, and Naqib accepts what position in the last part of 1920?
(a) Prime minister.
(b) Minister of war.
(c) Minister of finance.
(d) Minister of social welfare.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The independent state Cox announces in the summer of 1920 is to be under the guarantee of what?

3. What especially pleases Bell regarding the group at the Cairo Conference of 1921?

4. Faisal and Bell spend much time together doing what activities to get the new king acclimated to his new country following his coronation?

5. Following the peace conference in France, Bell meets which soldier during her trip to Baghdad, whom she notes will be useful in the future?

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