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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Philip Snowden the British Labour Chancellor?
(a) 1929 - 1934.
(b) 1929 - 1931.
(c) 1929 - 1933.
(d) 1929 - 1932.

2. When did Meyer London emigrate to New York?
(a) 1894.
(b) 1891.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1895.

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

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

5. Why did a female student think Judt was discriminating against her ?
(a) She was given bad grades.
(b) She was expelled.
(c) She tried to get invited to dinner.
(d) She was not invited to a seminar.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was president in France during May 1968?

3. What did Switzerland urge Hitler to do?

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

5. Where was Judt in November 1989?

Short Essay Questions

1. What aspect does a "world city" have according to Judt?

2. What did Judt do for the first time in "Part Three: Go West, Young Judt"?

3. What did Judt do in the end?

4. What was the university where Judt worked in the 1990s rife with according to "Part Three: Girls, Girls, Girls"?

5. What did Judt do during his midlife crisis in "Midlife Crisis"?

6. What did Judt note was perhaps the most valuable aspect of his education at King's College?

7. What does Judt remember about all his family vacations?

8. What cities do not spring to mind when one considers a "world city" in "Part Three: New York, New York"?

9. What did public universities boast?

10. When did Judt attend King's College of Cambridge according to "Part Two: Meritocrats"?

(see the answer keys)

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