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

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

3. What type of car was Judt's father obsessed with according to "Car"?
(a) Citroens.
(b) Panard.
(c) Jaguar.
(d) Peugeot.

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

5. When was the Golden Arrow inaugurated?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1926.

Short Answer Questions

1. What projects did the government commit itself to after the war that always failed?

2. How old was Judt when he went on his rides?

3. How did "mere mortals" go to Europe from England?

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

5. Who owned the Green Line Bus at the time of the book writing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was painful to note for Judt?

2. What does Judt encourage the reader to think about?

3. What did the bus happen to do in "Part One: The Green Line Bus"?

4. What did Judt have a deep affection for in "Part Two: Paris was Yesterday"?

5. What does Judt bring the reader through?

6. What mainstream obsessions did Judt take part in according to "Part Two: Kibbutz"?

7. What movement did Judt join in the 1960s?

8. What is the theory of mimetic desire in "Part One: Mimetic Desire"?

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

10. What were many students uncomfortable with?

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