Daughters and Rebels: An Autobiography Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Jessica Mitford
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 117 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Daughters and Rebels: An Autobiography Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Jessica Mitford
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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. What was the name of the magazine Esmond published?

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

3. Who greeted Jessica and Esmond when they arrived in Spain?

4. What did Nancy miss about living at Swinbrook?

5. Why did Nancy's mother want her work published under a pseudonym?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Mitfords' home in London like?

2. Why didn't the Mitfords immediately approve of Diana's engagement?

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

4. What was the Romilly brothers' book about?

5. After Diana married, how did Jessica's opinion of her change?

6. How was Hitler involved with the Mitford family?

7. What caused tension between Jessica and one of her sisters on the cruise to the Mediterranean?

8. With an awareness of poverty, what idea did Jessica come up with as a child?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Mitford sisters. Who were they and why were they famous? What was exceptional about these sisters? What defined each sister? What was Jessica's relationship like with each sister?

Essay Topic 2

What is pacifism? Did Jessica believe in pacifism? Why or why not? What are the principles of pacifism?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss some of the anecdotes in the memoir. Why might Jessica have decided to share these particular memoirs with the reader? In what tone are these anecdotes written? What do they tell us about the author?

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