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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Bottger's grandfather's occupation?
(a) Silversmith.
(b) Blacksmith.
(c) Cobbler.
(d) Goldsmith.

2. What did Augustus the Strong's granddaughter found?
(a) Czecholovakia.
(b) Poland.
(c) The CapodiMonte factoy.
(d) The Vichy factory.

3. What kind of candlestick does Marta bring into the room?
(a) A Commedia dell'Arte candlestick.
(b) A Tabor candlestick.
(c) A Dresden candletick.
(d) A Meissen candlestick.

4. What did the Chinese teach that god was the body of?
(a) The Gods.
(b) The community.
(c) The Emperor.
(d) The Emperor's wives.

5. Who has promised to make the narrator rich if he find Utz's porcelain collection?
(a) The Texan governor.
(b) Dr. Frankfurter.
(c) Orlik.
(d) The British Primeminister.

6. What city does Utz meet the man from his bank?
(a) Zurich.
(b) Geneva.
(c) Paris.
(d) Berlin.

7. What city does Utz say he sleeps soundly in?
(a) Prague.
(b) Brno.
(c) Zurich.
(d) Geneva.

8. What do the customs men take from Utz?
(a) His small change.
(b) His phone.
(c) His sweater.
(d) His wallet.

9. Whose body did the Christian equate gold to?
(a) Satan.
(b) Mary.
(c) God.
(d) Christ.

10. What does Utz say people once believed silver turned into?
(a) Sirens.
(b) Babies.
(c) Gold.
(d) Diamonds.

11. What did Marco Polo think cowrie beads looked like?
(a) Cows' backs.
(b) Pigs' backs.
(c) Chickens' backs.
(d) Females' backs.

12. What did Marco Polo call cowrie beads?
(a) Pigs' backs.
(b) Porcelain shells.
(c) Porcelain buttons.
(d) Pork ears.

13. What did Bottger develop in 1708?
(a) Red porcelain.
(b) Gold chains.
(c) Bone china.
(d) Blue porcelain.

14. What does Utz's robe have on its shoulder?
(a) A hammer and sickle.
(b) Swans.
(c) Roses.
(d) Tulips.

15. What language does Utz mumble loud enough for the blonde woman to hear?
(a) Czech.
(b) German.
(c) English.
(d) French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What season does Utz say provided the happiest times?

2. Who did Utz rescue Marta from?

3. What does Utz think the French have lost?

4. What does the boy do when the blonde woman touches him?

5. What does Utz find disgusting about the woman's legs?

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