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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Toni's older sister?
(a) Lili.
(b) Etha.
(c) Ansel.
(d) Roberta.

2. How does Judt characterize his generation in "Meritocrats"?
(a) Transitional.
(b) Superior.
(c) Wasted.
(d) The first intellectual.

3. What is the point of adult existence according to Judt?
(a) Talking.
(b) Arguin.
(c) Making decision.
(d) Walking.

4. What disease did Judt's father have scars from?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Polio.
(c) Small pox.
(d) Meningitis.

5. Who had a sound theological basis for restricting their desires and those of others?
(a) The Puritans.
(b) The Mornons.
(c) The Catholics.
(d) The British.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the restored manor house of Czesław Miłosz according to "Captive Mind"?

2. What is "BBE"?

3. How old was Judt's son when the two flew to Switzerland?

4. What is preferred today to artifice in language according to Judt?

5. What sport did Judt play in Cambridge?

Short Essay Questions

1. What personal history does Judt recount in "Part Two: Work"?

2. What conflict does Judt explore in the essay?

3. What did Judt do during his midlife crisis in "Midlife Crisis"?

4. Who is Toni in "Part Three: Toni" and why does he reference this person?

5. What was trendy in "Part Two: Revolutionaries"?

6. When did Judt attend King's College of Cambridge according to "Part Two: Meritocrats"?

7. What did Judt note was perhaps the most valuable aspect of his education at King's College?

8. What cities do not spring to mind when one considers a "world city" in "Part Three: New York, New York"?

9. What happened to Toni?

10. What study did Judt think was ludicrous in "Part Three: Edge People"?

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