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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the English first master hired at the school?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1926.

2. How many platforms did Clapham Junction have?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 19.
(d) 15.

3. What angle was Judt's bed reclined at?
(a) 100 deg.
(b) 110 deg.
(c) 90 deg.
(d) 130 deg.

4. When was Judt diagnosed with ALS?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2008.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2007.

5. What is unique to ALS compared to other neuron disorders?
(a) There is no pain and no loss of sensation.
(b) There is loss of sensations.
(c) There is a great deal of pain.
(d) Memories are the first to go.

6. What was Judt's wife instructed to do at a Chinese restaurant according to "Austerity"?
(a) Use bikes.
(b) Deliver in cardboard cartons.
(c) Recycled their boxes.
(d) Use electric cars.

7. What provided visual relief and sound effect at Emanuel School in Battersea?
(a) Trains.
(b) Cars.
(c) Boats.
(d) Plane.

8. What did Judt do at school to please his father?
(a) Played tennis.
(b) Played golf.
(c) Played rugby.
(d) Boxed.

9. What sport was compulsory for boys at Emanuel School in Battersea?
(a) Golf.
(b) Wresling.
(c) Rugby.
(d) Tennis.

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

11. Where is Amartya Sen from according to "Paris Was Yesterday"?
(a) India.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Thailand.
(d) Bangladesh.

12. What did Judt usually save his spare cash to go to?
(a) Moviecam News Theater.
(b) Moviestash News Theater.
(c) Moviewas News Theater.
(d) Movietone News Theater.

13. What did Judt give his bedder for Christmas?
(a) Money.
(b) A box of chocolates.
(c) A teddy bear.
(d) Clothes.

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

15. What were cars representing for some born between the wars?
(a) Vacation.
(b) Freedom from mass transport.
(c) Freedom and prosperity.
(d) The New Deal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Jews were at Emanuel School in Battersea?

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

3. How many girls colleges were around Cambridge?

4. What card game was Judt taught at the Chalet?

5. How were the cars loaded on the SS Dinard?

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