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

2. What was Judt's grandparent's religion?

3. When were clothes rationed until after WWII?

4. When did Judt live in Putney?

5. What did Judt do at school to please his father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Judt spend the majority of the essay "Part One: Putney" describing?

2. What connection does Judt make in regards to the environment and his own history?

3. Who was Paul Craddock and what did he lack?

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

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

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

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

8. What did Judt seek release from and where was he accepted?

9. What did Judt not have a first hand story of?

10. What does Judt bring the reader through?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the comparison Judt makes between Winston Churchill and George W. Bush.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the common reasons and decisions during a mid-life crisis and compare that to the decision made by Tony Judt.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss anti-sexual harassment protection in the sexual revolution of the 1960s.

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