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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, Bell finally sets off on her trek with how many camels in her caravan?

2. When World War I begins, the British have concerns regarding Turkish trade routes to India and what else?

3. Who are the children of Hugh Bell and Florence Olliffe?

4. Why is it by the summer of 1889 that Bell's feelings for Lascelles's son wane?

5. Who were Bell's parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place upon Cox's return to Baghdad in October 1920?

2. What transpires upon Cox's return to Baghdad in Chapter 27 and Bell relates her concerns?

3. What is transpiring in Bell's life at the beginning of Chapter 14?

4. Chapter 17 opens with Bell's relationship with Lawrence developing in what manner?

5. What transpires for Bell during the first half of 1918?

6. What transpires when Bell's caravan reaches Hayil on February 24, 1914?

7. How does Bell come to meet an individual in Chapter 7 who later comes to be her mentor?

8. What dark cloud looms on the horizon for Bell at the end of Chapter 34?

9. What does Bell do subsequent to the warning by the Turkish soldiers toward the end of January 1914?

10. What is among the first steps Bell takes in Chapter 23 when she arrives in Baghdad?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is it Bell became the honorary secretary of the British Women's Anti-Suffrage League, when she was the only female to hold political power and influence in building the Iraqi government and shaping British imperial policy in the Middle East? What reasons did she provide to explain this dichotomy?

Essay Topic 2

How was Bell an ally of Lawrence of Arabia, which Wallach notes in the title of her biography of Bell?

Essay Topic 3

What role did Bell play in the Paris Peace Conference of 1919?

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