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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gare de l'Est or Milano Centrale stand for?
(a) 15th century planning.
(b) 12th century planning.
(c) 9th century planning.
(d) 19th century planning.

2. What cigarettes were intellectuals supposed to smoke according to Judt?
(a) Camel.
(b) Marlboro.
(c) Gauloises.
(d) Gitane.

3. What does Judt love that loved him back according to "Mimetic Desire"?
(a) Bikes.
(b) Planes.
(c) Trains.
(d) Cars.

4. What were irresistible play places for boys?
(a) Cleared bomb sites.
(b) Old crashed planes.
(c) Old military fields.
(d) Old barracks.

5. What did Judt give his bedder for Christmas?
(a) A box of chocolates.
(b) Clothes.
(c) A teddy bear.
(d) Money.

6. When did Judt return to the Kibbutz with his then girlfriend?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1969.

7. What is the cockroach in reference to?
(a) Kafka's "A Little Woman".
(b) Kafka's "Jackals and Arabs".
(c) Kafka's "The Burrow".
(d) Kafka's "Metamorphosis".

8. When did Judt drop German?
(a) June 1965.
(b) June 1964.
(c) June 1966.
(d) June 1963.

9. How old was Judt's sister during the foul language incident at the Chalet?
(a) Not 24 months old.
(b) Not 18 months old.
(c) Not 12 months old.
(d) Not 6 months old.

10. Where was Judt living during the rationing years?
(a) In a one story house.
(b) In the second home of his grandparents.
(c) In a modern housing project.
(d) Above the hairdressing salon where his parents worked.

11. When did The Lord Warden enter service?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1956.

12. What made students "Gormless!" according to Joe?
(a) Less than 16/20 on a vocabulary test.
(b) Less than 14/20 on a vocabulary test.
(c) Less than 10/20 on a vocabulary test.
(d) Less than 18/20 on a vocabulary test.

13. How old was Judt when he went on his rides?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 19.
(d) 16.

14. What is a Bi-Pap?
(a) A reclining device.
(b) A blood transfusion device.
(c) A cleaning device.
(d) A breathing device.

15. What was "Europe" during Judt's childhood?
(a) An exotic place.
(b) A common vacation spot.
(c) A far away land.
(d) An overpriced vacation spot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Emanuel School in Battersea modeled after?

2. What card game was Judt taught at the Chalet?

3. Who is "Doing it on the road" a reference to?

4. How many generations of schoolboys did Joe teach German to when Judt was at Emanuel School in Battersea?

5. What is ALS better known as according to "Night"?

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