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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Bedders, Paris was Yesterday.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the ENS?
(a) Ecole Normalienne Superieure.
(b) École Normale Supérieure.
(c) Ecole Nanterre Superieure.
(d) Ecole Normale Salutaire.

3. What were the names of the women in charge of looking after young men at Oxford?
(a) Calves.
(b) Grumps.
(c) Bedders.
(d) Scouts.

4. What was "Europe" during Judt's childhood?
(a) A far away land.
(b) An exotic place.
(c) An overpriced vacation spot.
(d) A common vacation spot.

5. Where is home according to the saying in "Putney"?
(a) Where ones friends are.
(b) Where ones car is.
(c) Where the house is.
(d) Where the heart is.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Judt diagnosed with ALS?

2. When was the Lee Enfield rifle issued to British servicemen?

3. What was Judt's wife instructed to do at a Chinese restaurant according to "Austerity"?

4. When did Judt's father arrive in England?

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

(see the answer key)

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