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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. Where do Orlik and Marta go for breakfast?
(a) The Hotel Bristol.
(b) The Golden Gate.
(c) Meduza.
(d) Cafe Louvre

2. What does the bear symbolize?
(a) The country's protector.
(b) Communist rule.
(c) Strength.
(d) Family unity.

3. Where did Utz's grandmother live?
(a) Ceske Krumlov.
(b) Brno.
(c) Ceske Krizove.
(d) Dresden.

4. What does Utz believe should be looted every fifty years?
(a) Galleries.
(b) Banks.
(c) Museums.
(d) Train stations.

5. On what special day did Yossel run amok?
(a) Easter.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Sabbath.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Rabbi Loew's golem?

2. Where does Utz meet the narrator?

3. Where does Orlik suggest he and Utz flee to?

4. What does the golems master remove from the golems head when all creatures rest?

5. Which political group has laid a wreath on Utz's coffin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the communist state divert people's attentions from the Christian rituals of Utz's funeral?

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

3. How does Utz help people during the war?

4. Why does Dr. Orlik study the household fly?

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

6. How does Utz prove he is racially pure?

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

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

9. Why is there no trout available at the trout restaurant?

10. How did Utz's grandmother ignite Utz's interest in Porcelain collecting?

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