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

2. What does Zakhor mean?
(a) Fight.
(b) Remember.
(c) Love.
(d) Pay.

3. When did Judt divorce his consecutive wives?
(a) 1977 and 1986.
(b) 1978 and 1989.
(c) 1978 and 1986.
(d) 1977 and 1987.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was particular about the woman who brought suit against the NYU?

2. What is preferred today to artifice in language according to Judt?

3. What is the point of adult existence according to Judt?

4. What is a dangerous word according to "Edge People"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Judt prefer to live on?

3. What happened to Toni?

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

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

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

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

8. What study did Judt think was ludicrous in "Part Three: Edge People"?

9. Who is Toni in "Part Three: Toni" and why does he reference this person?

10. What was trendy in "Part Two: Revolutionaries"?

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