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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Toni's older sister?

2. When did Meyer London emigrate to New York?

3. When did Toni die?

4. When did Judt work variously as a deliverer of carpets, warehouse supplies, and domestic dry goods?

5. Where was Jan Kavan exiled from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conflict does Judt explore in the essay?

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

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

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

5. Where did Judt visit a few years before onset of his disease in "Part Three: Captive Minds"?

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

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

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

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

10. What happened to Toni?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Judt's account of his history in the workforce and the theme from the essay "Work."

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role that anti-Semitism played in the life of Tony Judt.

Essay Topic 3

Examine Judt's thoughts whenever someone asks him what it means to be Jewish and his conclusions regarding Judaism.

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