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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Utz help during the war?

2. How does the narrator describe Utz's eyes?

3. Where did Utz's grandmother live?

4. How does Utz want to use the money he has in Switzerland?

5. What is Vaclav waiting for outside the church?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the narrator observe about Utz's porcelain?

5. Why has the narrator come to Prague?

6. How does Utz help people during the war?

7. Describe Utz's apartment.

8. Describe the stuffed bear in the Hotel Bristol.

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

10. How did Rabbi Loew use Yossel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick a character from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 2

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

The author wrote Utz in the first person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the first person?

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