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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Toni, Magic Mountains.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Judt divorce his consecutive wives?
(a) 1977 and 1986.
(b) 1977 and 1987.
(c) 1978 and 1986.
(d) 1978 and 1989.

2. When did Judt come to New York University according to "New York, New York"?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1985.

3. 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 18/20 on a vocabulary test.
(d) Less than 10/20 on a vocabulary test.

4. What were cars representing for some born between the wars?
(a) Freedom from mass transport.
(b) Vacation.
(c) Freedom and prosperity.
(d) The New Deal.

5. When were clothes rationed until after WWII?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1947.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was particular about the woman who brought suit against the NYU?

2. When was Sir John Shepherd born?

3. When did Alexander Pope say "True Wit is Nature to Advantage drest, What oft was Thought, but ne'er so well Exprest"?

4. Who owned the Green Line Bus at the time of the book writing?

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

(see the answer key)

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