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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 is England a magnet for according to "The Lord Warden"?

2. How many cars of his favorite brand did Judt's father own during Judt's childhood?

3. How many cars did The Lord Warden accommodate?

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

5. When was utility furniture rationed until after WWII?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was The Lord Warden?

5. Why did Judt feel uncomfortable in his youth?

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

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

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

9. What does Judt bring the reader through?

10. What happened in Europe according to "Part One: The Lord Warden"?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Examine Judt's diagnosis of ALS and how his memories helped him cope with his paralysis.

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