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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. How does Judt characterize his generation in "Meritocrats"?

2. What sport did Judt play in Cambridge?

3. How many people live in Mexico City?

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

5. What did Judt want to become according to "Work"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Judt spend hours listening to?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What did public universities boast?

10. What did Judt prefer to live on?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a French intellectual and discuss their influence on French society.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the social hierarchy in Britain and how they are mimicked according to "Mimetic Desire."

Essay Topic 3

Examine Judt's diagnosis of ALS and how his memories helped him cope with his paralysis.

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