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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Utz's grandmother live?
(a) Dresden.
(b) Ceske Krizove.
(c) Ceske Krumlov.
(d) Brno.

2. What does the golems master remove from the golems head when all creatures rest?
(a) The key.
(b) His teeth.
(c) The strip of metal.
(d) His tongue.

3. What was the name of Rabbi Loew's golem?
(a) Benayoun.
(b) Franz.
(c) Maxi.
(d) Yossel.

4. What does Utz spend hours doing in Dresden?
(a) Visiting caberets.
(b) Going to the cinema.
(c) Drinking beer.
(d) Visiting museums.

5. What German city does Utz's grandmother send him to?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Munich.
(c) Potsdam.
(d) Dresden.

6. Why did the narrator go to Prague?
(a) For historical research.
(b) To oust the Communist government.
(c) To study at university.
(d) As a spy.

7. Where does Utz meet the narrator?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A park.
(c) A bar.
(d) A cafe.

8. Which political group has laid a wreath on Utz's coffin?
(a) The Nazis.
(b) The Bolsheviks.
(c) The Liberals.
(d) The Nihilists.

9. What does Pstruh mean in English?
(a) Trout.
(b) Words.
(c) Bread.
(d) Carp.

10. What is Orlik's specialty since stopping his studies of mammoths?
(a) The wasp.
(b) The bee.
(c) The common housefly.
(d) The dragonfly.

11. What does Golem mean in Hebrew?
(a) Unbroken.
(b) Unformed.
(c) Unloved.
(d) Unfortunate.

12. How does Utz say he felt when the secret police left his apartment?
(a) Helpless.
(b) Violated.
(c) Filthy.
(d) Free.

13. How does the narrator describe Utz's eyes?
(a) Slits.
(b) Huge.
(c) Round.
(d) Narrow.

14. What does emet mean in Hebrew?
(a) Truth.
(b) Frolics.
(c) Disaster.
(d) Health.

15. How does the narrator describe the main room in Utz's apartment?
(a) Boxy.
(b) Narrow.
(c) Tiny.
(d) Huge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has paid for Orlik and Marta's breakfast at the Hotel Bristow?

2. Who did Utz help during the war?

3. What city are the chairs in Utz's room from?

4. What color is Utz's carpet?

5. Whose tomb do the Hasids lay stone on?

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