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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What meat does Marta serve Utz and the narrator?
(a) Duck.
(b) Beef.
(c) Pork.
(d) Chicken.

3. What does the narrator think Utz may have hidden in his dressing table?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Gold coins.
(c) A wig.
(d) A gun.

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

5. What does Utz suggest he and the narrator do?
(a) Walk.
(b) Play snooker.
(c) Go to a bar.
(d) Eat.

6. What does Utz say the search for gold was the search for?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) Immortality.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Paradise.

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

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

9. What does Utz think his food lacks?
(a) Vitality.
(b) Taste.
(c) Salt.
(d) Pepper.

10. What does Utz admit to storing in a vault at a Swiss bank?
(a) Platinum.
(b) Gold.
(c) Meissen.
(d) Silver.

11. What famous event is almost a year away?
(a) The Hungarian Uprising.
(b) The Velvet Revolution.
(c) The Witches' Hour.
(d) Prague Spring.

12. Who did Utz rescue Marta from?
(a) A mob.
(b) A KGB officer.
(c) An American officer.
(d) A prison guard.

13. Who sends the narrator a card to inform him of Utz's death?
(a) Orlik.
(b) Vaclav.
(c) Marta.
(d) Jan.

14. Where does Utz go at the end of the chapter?
(a) Library.
(b) A cabaret.
(c) A brothel.
(d) A bath house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator find the mood in the Soviet Union?

2. What did Marco Polo think cowrie beads looked like?

3. How do Utz and Marta counter any microphones that may have been planted in the house?

4. What town would Utz stop at on the way back from Prague?

5. Who is Utz's hero?

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