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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 city does Utz say he sleeps soundly in?

2. What did Marco Polo call cowrie beads?

3. Who does Utz think about alone in his apartment?

4. What did the Chinese teach that god was the body of?

5. What did Augustus the Strong's granddaughter found?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Utz like about the soprano he sees at a show?

2. Why did Utz decide to leave Czechoslovakia?

3. What does Utz conclude about luxury?

4. How did Utz get a visa to leave Czechoslovakia?

5. Why does Utz want to go back to Prague?

6. Why is Marta devoted to Utz?

7. Why did people think gold could save one from death?

8. Why does Utz say he took up alchemical studies?

9. Why did the makers call the white porcelain porcelain?

10. How did the German's use Bottger's porcelain during the 1923 inflation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Communism affected one of the following areas in Utz's life.

1. Work.

2. Social life.

3. Intimate relationships.

Essay Topic 3

Examine life under Communist rule.

1. What is Communism?

2. What influence had on world politics? Are their communist elements in American society?

3. How had Communism life shaped Utz? Why was he unable to leave the his country's Communist regime?

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