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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did Muv arrange for Jessica to go on a shopping date?
(a) Emily.
(b) Frannie.
(c) Julia.
(d) Dora.

2. What did Tom study at school?
(a) Law.
(b) Economics.
(c) History.
(d) Medicine.

3. What kind of vessel did Jessica and Esmond take to Spain?
(a) A cargo boat.
(b) A fishing boat.
(c) A sail boat.
(d) A cruise ship.

4. Who was Dorothy Allhusen?
(a) Esmond's guardian.
(b) Jessica's father's mistress.
(c) A maid at Swinbrook House.
(d) One of Jessica's governesses.

5. How did Muv try to solve the boredom and monotony of Jessica's life?
(a) With schooling.
(b) With parties.
(c) With shopping.
(d) With travel.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a phony letter, where did Jessica's cousins invite her to go?

2. What did the children call their father?

3. What was the name of the Mitford son?

4. What did Jessica notice about Diana after her wedding?

5. Why did the Mitfords not immediately approve of Bryan Guinness?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sort of education did the Mitford children receive?

2. Where did Jessica's political beliefs lie in the 1930s?

3. In the late 1930s, how did Muv try to make Jessica, bored and frustrated with her life, feel better about her future?

4. What was the Romilly brothers' book about?

5. How did Jessica feel about the wedding of her sister Diana, and why didn't she attend?

6. What effect did the friends Nancy invited to visit Swinbrook have on Jessica?

7. What did Jessica think about her aunts and uncles?

8. How was Hitler involved with the Mitford family?

9. What did Giles Romilly tell Jessica when they met for the first time?

10. What did the younger generation blame for the problems of the 1930s?

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