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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was "The Uses of Literacy" published?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1954.

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

3. What is "BBE"?
(a) Before Bush Era.
(b) Before Beatles Era.
(c) Before Burnimgam Era.
(d) Before Bombs Era.

4. When was Miłosz born?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1912.

5. How old was Judt when he started working at W.H. Smith?
(a) 14.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

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

7. Where was Judt teaching in the early 1980s?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Yale.

8. How did Judt go to Israel?
(a) Ferry and then by car.
(b) By plane.
(c) Ferry and then by train.
(d) A freighter.

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

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

11. Why were many Jews of Germany resented before WWII?
(a) They had money.
(b) They considered themselves as German.
(c) They had power.
(d) They didn't considered themselves as German.

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

13. How many people live in Mexico City?
(a) 18 million.
(b) 8 million.
(c) 28 million.
(d) 15 million.

14. When did Judt first go to the U.S.?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1976.

15. When was Toni born according to "Toni"?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1923.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Poliakoff build?

4. When was the "Captive Mind' published?

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

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