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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. Where was the bear shot?

2. Who is Marta toasting at four pm?

3. How does the narrator describe the main room in Utz's apartment?

4. What is the name of Utz's servant?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Utz prove he is racially pure?

3. Describe the stuffed bear in the Hotel Bristol.

4. Why did the Nazis preserve the Jewish cemetery?

5. How does Utz help people during the war?

6. Who was Rabbi Loew?

7. Why has the narrator come to Prague?

8. How did Rabbi Loew use Yossel?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the arguments for and against Communism? What is Chatwin opinion on Communism and how does he express them? Do you agree or disagree with Chatwin's opinion?

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

Examine the books reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

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