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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 sport was compulsory for boys at Emanuel School in Battersea?

2. What shocked Judt in his time on the Golan Heights after the Six Days War?

3. When did the Judt family leave Putney?

4. When was utility furniture rationed until after WWII?

5. When was "Ma Nuit Chew Maud" published?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tony Judt explain about the essays in the collection in the "Preface"?

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

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

4. What does Judt explain his love of?

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

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

7. What happened when Judt was 10 years old?

8. How was Judt's family environmentally conscious according to "Part One: Austerity"?

9. What was painful to note for Judt?

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

Discuss Judt's experience in living in a post-war society such as Britain.

Essay Topic 2

Compare Judt's obsession with mainstream obsessions with his time as part of the Zionist movement.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the social hierarchy in Britain and how they are mimicked according to "Mimetic Desire."

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