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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What sport did Judt play in Cambridge?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Golf.
(c) Rugby.
(d) Tennis.

3. How many other students were in the class Judt took to learn a new language?
(a) 6.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

4. Who rode the Manhattan canyons according to Judt?
(a) Starsky and Hutch.
(b) Kojak.
(c) Skyscrapers.
(d) Bonny and clide.

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

6. How many Jews attend Synagogue at least once a month in the U.S.?
(a) 29%.
(b) 32%.
(c) 27%.
(d) 52%.

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

8. Who was president in France during May 1968?
(a) Charles de Gaulle.
(b) Mendes France.
(c) Valery Giscar D'estain.
(d) George Pompidou.

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

10. When did Toni die?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1941.

11. When was Judt chairman of the History Department at New York University according to "Girls, Girls, Girls"?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1991.

12. When was Cambridge founded?
(a) 1352.
(b) 1441.
(c) 1552.
(d) 1445.

13. How many books did the Library of the University of Indiana have?
(a) 5.2 million.
(b) 17.8 million.
(c) 7.2 million.
(d) 7.8 million.

14. In what country can you have snow cheaper than in Switzerland ?
(a) Germany.
(b) Austria.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

15. Why did Judt have a wet leg after a demonstration?
(a) A white paint bomb.
(b) A blue paint bomb.
(c) A green paint bomb.
(d) A red paint bomb.

Short Answer Questions

1. How big were English large pizzas according to Judt?

2. What doesn't Judt "Love"?

3. When was the "Captive Mind' published?

4. How did Judt go to Israel?

5. Why were higher education prospects grim in England at the time Judt came to NYU?

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