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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What price does Franfurter say he selling the Pulchinella to Utz for?
(a) A friend's price.
(b) A cheap price.
(c) A Jewish price.
(d) A Communist's price.

3. What is the figure of Pulchinella being fed by a young boy?
(a) Soup.
(b) Spaghetti.
(c) Noodles.
(d) Rice.

4. What does Utz believe alchemy was?
(a) A religious ceremony.
(b) A spiritual cominf.
(c) A mystical exercise.
(d) A form of mediatation.

5. What does Utz think the French have lost?
(a) Their taste.
(b) Their morals.
(c) Their power.
(d) Their energy.

6. What does the mood in Prague seem in comparison to the Soviet Union?
(a) Mournful.
(b) Melancholic.
(c) Fun.
(d) Lively.

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

8. What season does Utz say provided the happiest times?
(a) Sunflower season.
(b) Paprika season.
(c) Potato season.
(d) Mushroom season.

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

10. Who did Utz fantasize he would meet?
(a) A teenage girl.
(b) A British heiress.
(c) A lonely middle-aged women.
(d) A fun-loving American.

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

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

13. What does Utz believe porcelain is the antidote to?
(a) Depression.
(b) Decay.
(c) Tiredness.
(d) Racism.

14. What is Utz's bedside lampshade made from?
(a) Silk.
(b) Leather.
(c) Lace.
(d) Paper.

15. Who opened the first Porcelain factory in 1710?
(a) Augustus the Strong.
(b) Louis Fatwa.
(c) Jackson Dennis.
(d) Adolf Schultz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Asian country had a huge impact on European imagination?

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

3. What does Utz think his food lacks?

4. What does Utz's robe have on its shoulder?

5. Where is Dr. Frankfurter's porcelain made?

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