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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shocked Judt in his time on the Golan Heights after the Six Days War?
(a) The constant attacks.
(b) The soldiers attitude toward theArabs.
(c) The constant prayer.
(d) The camp conditions.

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

3. Why was Renault nationalized after the War?
(a) The founder was a collaborator.
(b) The founder wanted to retire.
(c) The company was in too much debt.
(d) The founder was killed during the war.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the last Green Bus of the day during the 1960s?

2. What was the Emanuel School in Battersea modeled after?

3. What fuel was the most widely used during the post war?

4. What was the name of Judt's bedder?

5. How long had teachers at Emanuel School been there when Judt arrived at the school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did cars symbolize for Judt's generation in "Part One: Cars"?

2. What does Tony Judt explain about the essays in the collection in the "Preface"?

3. What did his memory help him cope with?

4. What were many students uncomfortable with?

5. Where was Judt accepted?

6. What did Judt struggle with and what did he thrive in?

7. What was painful to note for Judt?

8. What did Judt reflect on the presence of in "Part Two: Bedders"?

9. What location did Judt's family frequent in the 1950s?

10. How did Judt's mother's cooking contrast with Judt's paternal grandmother's cooking?

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