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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were the sherries of Judt's youth from according to "Go West, Young Judt"?
(a) France.
(b) South Africa.
(c) U.S.A.
(d) Poland.

2. What is preferred today to artifice in language according to Judt?
(a) "Grandiloquence".
(b) "Showmanship".
(c) "Natural" expression.
(d) "Articulation".

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

4. How many "world cities" did Judt live in?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

5. What do Russians consider a "small Slav language"?
(a) Ukrainian.
(b) Yuguslav.
(c) Czech.
(d) Polish.

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

7. What had happened by the time Judt moved to Paris?
(a) Most people in the world had stopped speaking German.
(b) Most people in the world had stopped speaking French.
(c) Most people in the world had stopped speaking English.
(d) Most people in the world had stopped speaking Italian.

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

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

10. When was Sir John Shepherd born?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1882.
(c) 1881.
(d) 1883.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the song "Love Me DO" released?

2. Whose authority did Judt reject?

3. Why were many Jews of Germany resented before WWII?

4. When was Philip Snowden the British Labour Chancellor?

5. What shift did Judt have during his trip to Israel?

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