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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Judt spend time working at a Kibbutz?
(a) Summers 1963,1965 and 1967.
(b) Summers 1961,1965 and 1967.
(c) Summers 1963,1965 and 1969.
(d) Summers 1963,1964 and 1967.

2. When was The Lord Warden retired?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1978.

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

4. What was Judt's father's name?
(a) Roger.
(b) Gunter.
(c) Mike.
(d) Joe.

5. What bus did Judt take to go to school?
(a) 25.
(b) 14.
(c) 15.
(d) 16.

6. Why did most middle class families not have servants according to the "Bedders"?
(a) New laws.
(b) Lower income.
(c) Lack of workers.
(d) Taxes and higher wages.

7. What does Judt love that loved him back according to "Mimetic Desire"?
(a) Cars.
(b) Planes.
(c) Bikes.
(d) Trains.

8. What was The Lord Warden threatened by in the 1960s and 1970s?
(a) The France - Britain tunnel.
(b) The plane.
(c) The France - Britain bridge.
(d) The overcraft.

9. What were irresistible play places for boys?
(a) Old crashed planes.
(b) Old barracks.
(c) Old military fields.
(d) Cleared bomb sites.

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

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

12. What was the Emanuel School in Battersea modeled after?
(a) 19th century convents.
(b) 19th centuray barrcaks.
(c) 19th century prisons and hospitals.
(d) 19th century train stations.

13. What memory technique does Judt use to improve his memory?
(a) The memory palace.
(b) The reminder technique.
(c) The grand opening.
(d) The memory ruler.

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

15. When were clothes rationed until after WWII?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1954.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Judt's grandparent's religion?

2. When did the Judt family leave Putney?

3. How many times did Judt return to the Chalet after his long stay?

4. How many generations of schoolboys did Joe teach German to when Judt was at Emanuel School in Battersea?

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

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