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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Utz say is the same word as porcelain?
(a) Porsche.
(b) Poor.
(c) Pork.
(d) Porch.

4. What piece does Utz tell the narrator he smuggled into Czechslovakia?
(a) The Haremetta.
(b) The Pulchinella.
(c) The Augustus.
(d) The Yardly.

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

6. What Asian country had a huge impact on European imagination?
(a) India.
(b) Japan.
(c) China.
(d) Vietnam.

7. What does the blond woman throw out of the window?
(a) A chicken leg.
(b) A sandwich.
(c) A snail.
(d) A lunch box.

8. What would Marta hide the hare or peasant under to get past the police?
(a) Rice.
(b) Potatos.
(c) Fish.
(d) Books.

9. What was the name of Utz's New York dealer?
(a) Dr. Franz.
(b) Dr. Xerox.
(c) Dr. Davis.
(d) Dr. Franfurter.

10. What town would Utz stop at on the way back from Prague?
(a) Pilzen.
(b) Brno.
(c) Liberec.
(d) Tabor.

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

12. What does Utz say it is too late for a woman to love him for?
(a) His taste.
(b) His money.
(c) His morals.
(d) His looks.

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

14. Why does Utz say he had his feet on both sides of the iron curtain?
(a) He had family in West.
(b) He had investments in the West.
(c) He had a government job.
(d) He was a pilot.

15. What room does the narrator ask to see?
(a) The loinge.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The dining room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Utz's bedside lampshade made from?

2. What is the figure of Pulchinella being fed by a young boy?

3. What used to be used as currency in Africa and Asia?

4. What does the narrator think Utz may have hidden in his dressing table?

5. What was Bottger's grandfather's occupation?

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