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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Mimetic Desire, The Lord Warden.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were irresistible play places for boys?
(a) Old barracks.
(b) Cleared bomb sites.
(c) Old crashed planes.
(d) Old military fields.

2. What fuel was the most widely used during the post war?
(a) Diesel.
(b) Coal.
(c) Wood.
(d) Gasoline.

3. What is the language spoken in the region where the Chalet is according to "The Memory Chalet"?
(a) Italian.
(b) German.
(c) English.
(d) French.

4. What was bliss during Judt's childhood?
(a) Solitude.
(b) Playing orchestra.
(c) Reading.
(d) Friendship.

5. When did the "Car Culture" come to western Europe?
(a) In the 1960s.
(b) In the 1950s.
(c) In the 1970s.
(d) In the 1940s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was The Lord Warden threatened by in the 1960s and 1970s?

2. When was St. Mary's established?

3. What did Judt associate English food with?

4. What did Judt's mother have no idea how to prepare?

5. When was food rationed until after WWII?

(see the answer key)

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