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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Meritocrats, Words.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were the cars loaded on the SS Dinard?
(a) No cars were allowed.
(b) By crane.
(c) By valets.
(d) By forklift.

2. What card game was Judt taught at the Chalet?
(a) Tarot.
(b) Poker.
(c) Cagnasta.
(d) Bridge.

3. Who were the young people with the foul language at the Chalet?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Actors.
(c) Salesmen.
(d) Professional Skier.

4. When was utility furniture rationed until after WWII?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1954.

5. Where was Judt living during the rationing years?
(a) Above the hairdressing salon where his parents worked.
(b) In a one story house.
(c) In the second home of his grandparents.
(d) In a modern housing project.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Judt's father spend his youth according to "Food"?

2. When did Judt work variously as a deliverer of carpets, warehouse supplies, and domestic dry goods?

3. How did Judt go to Israel?

4. What 1956 car was sexily aerodynamic according to Judt?

5. How many of Judt's uncles served with the 8th Army during the war?

(see the answer key)

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