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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the flat number of the Judt family home in Putney?

2. What is the language spoken in the region where the Chalet is according to "The Memory Chalet"?

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

4. When did Judt's father arrive in England?

5. What is the primary employer of students out of the ENS?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was a bedder nearly inconsolable?

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

3. What does Judt explain his love of?

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

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

6. Where was Judt accepted?

7. What was The Lord Warden?

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

9. What happened when Judt was 10 years old?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine why it was considered trendy to be a social revolutionary in the 1960s.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the bohemian style represented at King's college and the effect it had on Tony Judt.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the background of Czeslaw Milosz and his personal beliefs and Judts's interpretations regarding ketman.

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