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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. How does the narrator describe Utz's eyes?

2. Who did Utz help during the war?

3. Where do Orlik and Marta go for breakfast?

4. What is Vaclav waiting for outside the church?

5. What does Marta drink at breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Rabbi Loew use Yossel?

2. Who was Rabbi Loew?

3. Describe Utz's apartment.

4. Why has the narrator come to Prague?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion.

Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Communism affected one of the following areas in Utz's life.

1. Work.

2. Social life.

3. Intimate relationships.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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