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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. What German city does Utz's grandmother send him to?

2. What color is Utz's carpet?

3. What city does Utz live in?

4. What covers Utz's coffin?

5. What was the easiest way to get an exit visa?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Utz help people during the war?

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

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

5. How does Utz prove he is racially pure?

6. Describe Utz's apartment.

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

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

9. Who was Rabbi Loew?

10. How does the narrator describe Utz?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1980s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the novel if it was set in today's society?

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