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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How big were English large pizzas according to Judt?
(a) 12 inches.
(b) 7 inches.
(c) 9 inches.
(d) 10 inches.

4. What did the Brescia region municipality promise during Christmas 2009?
(a) An Italian Christmas.
(b) A "White" Christmas.
(c) A Christian Christmas.
(d) Am European Christmas.

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

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

7. What was the former profession of the student Judt counseled during his semester off?
(a) Bus driver.
(b) Ballerina.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Translator.

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

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

10. How long did Judt hold a fellowship at Cambridge?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 16 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 2 years.

11. When was the "Captive Mind' published?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1952.

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

13. What is a dangerous word according to "Edge People"?
(a) Identity.
(b) Trust.
(c) Love.
(d) Covert.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease did Judt's father have scars from?

2. When was "The Uses of Literacy" published?

3. Who had a sound theological basis for restricting their desires and those of others?

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

5. When did Judt divorce his consecutive wives?

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