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

2. Where was Judt's father born?
(a) Anahiem.
(b) Antwerp.
(c) Brussel.
(d) Paris.

3. 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 French.
(c) Most people in the world had stopped speaking German.
(d) Most people in the world had stopped speaking Italian.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many people live in Mexico City?

4. When did Toni die?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to Toni?

3. What did Judt prefer to live on?

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

5. What did Judt spend hours listening to?

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

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

8. What did public universities boast?

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

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

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