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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. When was food rationed until after WWII?

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

3. What is the cockroach in reference to?

4. What food made Judt more English?

5. What memory technique does Judt use to improve his memory?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Judt explain his love of?

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

4. What was painful to note for Judt?

5. Why was a bedder nearly inconsolable?

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

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

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

9. What did Judt attend in London and what did many teachers believe in "Part Two: Joe"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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