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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 does the bear symbolize?

2. Whose tomb do the Hasids lay stone on?

3. What does Utz own a spectacular collection of?

4. Why does Utz think Jews make good art collector?

5. Who did Utz help during the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has the narrator come to Prague?

2. How did Utz lose his temper with the secret police?

3. Why does Dr. Orlik study the household fly?

4. How could a rabbi destroy a golem?

5. How does the narrator describe Utz?

6. How does Utz say he was able to keep his porcelain collection?

7. Who was Rabbi Loew?

8. How did Utz's grandmother ignite Utz's interest in Porcelain collecting?

9. Why is there no trout available at the trout restaurant?

10. How does Utz prove he is racially pure?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and examine their real life equivalent. How did the author adapt it for his novel?

1. The KSC.

2. Prague.

3. Art collecting.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1980s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the novel if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

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