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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the cockroach in reference to?
(a) Kafka's "The Burrow".
(b) Kafka's "Jackals and Arabs".
(c) Kafka's "Metamorphosis".
(d) Kafka's "A Little Woman".

2. When did Cambridge start to accept female students?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1975
(d) 1973.

3. When was the Lee Enfield rifle issued to British servicemen?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1923.

4. What was Judt's mother's profession?
(a) Cleaning lady.
(b) Hairdresser.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Home maker.

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

6. Who owned the SS Dinard?
(a) The SNCF.
(b) The Dinard Company.
(c) The Ganard Company.
(d) The RATP.

7. What is closed to the tourist on today's ferries?
(a) The main decks.
(b) The bridge.
(c) The lower decks.
(d) The engine room.

8. How old was Judt when he went on his rides?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 19.

9. How many cars did The Lord Warden accommodate?
(a) 100.
(b) 50.
(c) 120.
(d) 150.

10. When did Tony Judt go to the Chalet?
(a) Winter of 1958 or 1959.
(b) Winter of 1957 or 1958.
(c) Winter of 1956 or 1957.
(d) Winter of 1955 or 1956.

11. 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 a modern housing project.
(d) In the second home of his grandparents.

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

13. What does Gare de l'Est or Milano Centrale stand for?
(a) 9th century planning.
(b) 19th century planning.
(c) 12th century planning.
(d) 15th century planning.

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

15. How old was Judt during the foul language incident at the Chalet?
(a) 10 years old.
(b) 9 years old.
(c) 11 years old.
(d) 12 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is England a magnet for according to "The Lord Warden"?

2. What is the ENS?

3. When did the Judt family leave Putney?

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

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

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