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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. Who of the following did not go on holiday in the spring of 1936?
(a) Boud.
(b) Nancy.
(c) Debo.
(d) Muv.

2. Prince Edward's love affair with which woman scandalized Britain in the late 1930s?
(a) Wallis Simpson.
(b) Diana Mitford.
(c) Alice Barrymore.
(d) Hedy Lamarr.

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

4. How does Jessica describe her life during her childhood?
(a) Tumultuous.
(b) Inspiring.
(c) Monotonous.
(d) Exciting.

5. What item did Jessica and Esmond purchase by charging it to Farve's account?
(a) A tent.
(b) A camera.
(c) A radio.
(d) A suitcase.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Muv arrange for Jessica to go on a shopping date?

2. What was the name of the magazine Esmond published?

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

4. Which principle did the Mitfords' father strongly believe in?

5. What was Sir Mosley's first name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Jessica go for a year around the age of 15-16?

2. What was Jessica and Esmond's boat trip to Spain like?

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

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

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

6. What did Jessica organize with her friend Peter Nevile?

7. What ruse did Jessica come up with to disguise her plans to go to Spain?

8. How was Hitler involved with the Mitford family?

9. What was the Romilly brothers' book about?

10. Why wasn't Jessica able to travel to Spain on the day that had been planned?

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