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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say is always possible in Prague?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Crazy love.
(c) Violence.
(d) The supernatural.

2. What does Utz slam on to the desk when someone questions his racial purity?
(a) His mother's photo.
(b) A knife.
(c) His birth certificate.
(d) His father's medal.

3. What color carnations does Urlik place on Utz's coffin?
(a) Pink.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

4. What religion did Utz's grandmother convert to?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Buddhism.

5. What did Utz plan with care?
(a) His death.
(b) His film.
(c) His funeral.
(d) His book.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Utz's face?

2. What happen when someone removes the strip of metal from Yossel?

3. Who offers the narrator and Utz snacks?

4. What city does Utz live in?

5. What does Utz start to watch in the cinema twice a week?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dr. Orlik do every time he sees a fly in the restaurant?

2. Why does the narrator's friend send him to meet Utz?

3. How did Rabbi Loew use Yossel?

4. How does Utz develop his theory about porcelain collecting?

5. Why do the Jews think Adam was the first golem?

6. Why has the narrator come to Prague?

7. How did Utz lose his temper with the secret police?

8. Describe Utz's apartment.

9. How does Utz say he was able to keep his porcelain collection?

10. What does Utz's funeral suggest about him as a person?

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