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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 old was Judt's son when the two flew to Switzerland?
(a) 9 years old.
(b) 25 years old.
(c) 29 years old.
(d) 19 years old.

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

3. What years did the French Revolution take place?
(a) 1789-1795.
(b) 1789-1794.
(c) 1778-1784.
(d) 1798-1804.

4. When was Judt chairman of the History Department at New York University according to "Girls, Girls, Girls"?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1996.

5. Who was president in France during May 1968?
(a) Valery Giscar D'estain.
(b) Charles de Gaulle.
(c) Mendes France.
(d) George Pompidou.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many other students were in the class Judt took to learn a new language?

2. What does Judt compare the attire of the girls of his youth?

3. What do Russians consider a "small Slav language"?

4. Why were higher education prospects grim in England at the time Judt came to NYU?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did public universities boast?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What did Judt do in the end?

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

10. What conflict does Judt explore in the essay?

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