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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 owned the Green Line Bus at the time of the book writing?
(a) BlueBeagle.
(b) Arriva.
(c) Maro.
(d) TransBus.

2. When did Judt's father arrive in England?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1931.

3. How many platforms did Clapham Junction have?
(a) 19.
(b) 11.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

4. Who owned the SS Dinard?
(a) The SNCF.
(b) The Ganard Company.
(c) The Dinard Company.
(d) The RATP.

5. What did Judt associate English food with?
(a) Saltiness.
(b) Flavor.
(c) Good meals.
(d) Lack of flavor.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was The Lord Warden retired?

2. What does Judt love that loved him back according to "Mimetic Desire"?

3. What projects did the government commit itself to after the war that always failed?

4. What Green Bus did Judt use according to "The Green Line Bus"?

5. How old was Judt during the foul language incident at the Chalet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was a bedder nearly inconsolable?

2. What happened in Europe according to "Part One: The Lord Warden"?

3. What did Judt not have a first hand story of?

4. How was Judt's family environmentally conscious according to "Part One: Austerity"?

5. What was The Lord Warden?

6. What mainstream obsessions did Judt take part in according to "Part Two: Kibbutz"?

7. What is the theory of mimetic desire in "Part One: Mimetic Desire"?

8. What movement did Judt join in the 1960s?

9. What was painful to note for Judt?

10. What does Judt encourage the reader to think about?

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