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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 projects did the government commit itself to after the war that always failed?
(a) Agricultural reform.
(b) Keeping the British Empire intact.
(c) Education reform.
(d) Large scale public housing.

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

3. What card game was Judt taught at the Chalet?
(a) Bridge.
(b) Tarot.
(c) Cagnasta.
(d) Poker.

4. What did Judt associate English food with?
(a) Good meals.
(b) Flavor.
(c) Lack of flavor.
(d) Saltiness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What memory technique does Judt use to improve his memory?

2. What was Judt's mother's profession?

3. Why are Judt's hands placed outside the blanket?

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

5. What cigarettes were intellectuals supposed to smoke according to Judt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Judt was 10 years old?

2. What did his memory help him cope with?

3. How was everyone in England banded together?

4. What common things did Judt's father dislike and what did he crave after moving to Britain in adulthood?

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

6. What would happen once he was placed in his bed by his nurse?

7. Why was a bedder nearly inconsolable?

8. What is different about the Green Line today with that in the past?

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

10. What did Judt attend in London and what did many teachers believe in "Part Two: Joe"?

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