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

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

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

4. How many books did the Library of the University of Indiana have?
(a) 5.2 million.
(b) 7.8 million.
(c) 17.8 million.
(d) 7.2 million.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did Judt go to Israel?

4. When did Alexander Pope say "True Wit is Nature to Advantage drest, What oft was Thought, but ne'er so well Exprest"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Judt do in the end?

2. What personal history does Judt recount in "Part Two: Work"?

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

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

5. What was Judt surrounded by as a child in "Part Two: Words"?

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

7. What did Judt wish was in his pocket?

8. Why is it considered un-trendy to love Switzerland in "Part Three: Magic Mountains"?

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

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

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