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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. When did Judt return to the Kibbutz with his then girlfriend?

2. When did the girls in Oxbridge have to leave the men's bedrooms by?

3. How many generations of schoolboys did Joe teach German to when Judt was at Emanuel School in Battersea?

4. When did Joe have Judt parsing German sentences at?

5. When did the "Car Culture" come to western Europe?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Paul Craddock and what did he lack?

3. What common things did Judt's father dislike and what did he crave after moving to Britain in adulthood?

4. How did Judt's mother's cooking contrast with Judt's paternal grandmother's cooking?

5. What location did Judt's family frequent in the 1950s?

6. What connection does Judt make in regards to the environment and his own history?

7. What did the bus happen to do in "Part One: The Green Line Bus"?

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

9. What did Judt attend in London and what did many teachers believe in "Part Two: Joe"?

10. What were many students uncomfortable with?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the bohemian style represented at King's college and the effect it had on Tony Judt.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the background of Czeslaw Milosz and his personal beliefs and Judts's interpretations regarding ketman.

Essay Topic 3

Examine how Judt romanticizes nostalgia in "The Lord Warden" and analyze the symbols he uses.

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