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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To Jessica, what was the best part about being a debutante?
(a) Meeting new people.
(b) Attending parties.
(c) Mixing with the upper class.
(d) Getting dressed up.

2. What distinguished group did the Mitfords belong to?
(a) The Union of English Landowners.
(b) The Queen's Political Society.
(c) The Oxford University Board.
(d) The House of Lords.

3. Where did Diana and Boud spend most of their time when Jessica was about 16?
(a) In Germany.
(b) In Paris.
(c) In London.
(d) At Swinbrook.

4. Why didn't Jessica attend Diana's wedding?
(a) She didn't approve of Bryan Guinness.
(b) The car she was riding in broke down.
(c) She got lost on the way to the church.
(d) She had scarlet fever.

5. Students from which university pledged not to support the government in the 1930s?
(a) Oxford.
(b) King's College.
(c) Durham.
(d) Cambridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the poor girl with whom Jessica exchanged letters?

2. During Jessica's debut season, what caused her mother consternation?

3. With whom did the Mitford children have little contact at Swinbrook?

4. How does Jessica describe her life during her childhood?

5. What did Jessica think of her married aunts?

(see the answer key)

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