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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where was Judt in November 1989?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Prague.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Paris.

6. What doesn't Judt "Love"?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Paris.
(d) Israel.

7. What did Poliakoff build?
(a) The first Russian plane.
(b) The Russian factory system.
(c) The Russian road system.
(d) The Russian railway.

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

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

10. How old was Judt's son when the two flew to Switzerland?
(a) 19 years old.
(b) 25 years old.
(c) 9 years old.
(d) 29 years old.

11. What years did the French Revolution take place?
(a) 1789-1795.
(b) 1789-1794.
(c) 1778-1784.
(d) 1798-1804.

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

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

14. Why were higher education prospects grim in England at the time Judt came to NYU?
(a) Thatcher was in power.
(b) The rise of private schools.
(c) There were too much teachers.
(d) The lack of interest from students in higher education.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Judt teaching in the early 1980s?

2. Whose authority did Judt reject?

3. What was Judt the first in his family to do?

4. How long did Judt hold a fellowship at Cambridge?

5. How does Judt characterize his generation in "Meritocrats"?

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