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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. Although full of conviction, Bell does not carry much power in her initial role as a British spy. Why?

2. Who meets Bell in her office at the military intelligence agency?

3. Where does Bell venture in August 1901 to overcome her fears of climbing mountains?

4. After returning to London in 1889, Bell spends how long in social seasons without garnering any marriage proposals?

5. Chapter 5 finds Bell traveling to Jerusalem in what month and year?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Bell's plan when facing the challenge of getting Faisal to the throne after the Cairo Conference?

2. What does the biography find Bell doing at the end of Chapter 5?

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

4. Whom does Bell meet in May 1911 who will become significant later in her life?

5. What is the outcome when the British government has General Allenby appoint Sharif Hussein's son as the new ruler of Syria?

6. What transpires for Bell between the end of 1913 and the end of January 1914?

7. What is Bell writing about during the spring of 1906?

8. What transpires following Cox's announcing Mesopotamia is to be an independent state and his departure?

9. What is Bell's role as a member of Cox's Political Staff?

10. What actions does Bell engage in toward the end of Chapter 18?

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 does Bell pursue her love for archeology during her life?

Essay Topic 3

What is Bell's role in the establishment of the Baghdad Archaeological Museum?

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