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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 food made Judt more English?
(a) Indian food.
(b) His grandmother's food.
(c) American food.
(d) French food.

2. Who is "Doing it on the road" a reference to?
(a) Yoko Ono.
(b) Paul Lenon.
(c) Paul McCartney.
(d) Ringo Star.

3. When did Judt live in Putney?
(a) From 1953 to 1958.
(b) From 1954 to 1958.
(c) From 1952 to 1958.
(d) From 1955 to 1958.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Judt during the foul language incident at the Chalet?

2. When did Raymond Aron arrive at the ENS?

3. When did Judt return to the Kibbutz with his then girlfriend?

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

5. When did Judt arrive in Paris?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Judt open "Part One: Food"?

4. What did his memory help him cope with?

5. How was everyone in England banded together?

6. What does Judt explain his love of?

7. What does Judt bring the reader through?

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

9. What did Judt typically purchase when he was able to cook for himself?

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

(see the answer keys)

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