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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 did Judt associate English food with?

2. What were the names of the women in charge of looking after young men at Oxford?

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

4. Where is Amartya Sen from according to "Paris Was Yesterday"?

5. When did Judt attend Emanuel School in Battersea according to "Joe"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was painful to note for Judt?

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

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

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

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

9. What was The Lord Warden?

10. Why did Judt feel uncomfortable in his youth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the history and practice of domestic servitude in Britain and the role of "bedders."

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Judt's experience of multicultural cuisine in Britain and the role his grandmother played.

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