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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Cars, Putney, The Green Line Bus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food made Judt more English?
(a) His grandmother's food.
(b) American food.
(c) French food.
(d) Indian food.

2. Why was Renault nationalized after the War?
(a) The founder was a collaborator.
(b) The founder was killed during the war.
(c) The company was in too much debt.
(d) The founder wanted to retire.

3. When was food rationed until after WWII?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1954.

4. When was St. Mary's established?
(a) 1646.
(b) 1649.
(c) 1647.
(d) 1648.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is home according to the saying in "Putney"?

2. What were cars representing for some born between the wars?

3. Where was Judt's mother raised in earshot of?

4. When did Judt live in Putney?

5. Why are Judt's hands placed outside the blanket?

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