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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. Which member of the secret police drops a porcelain piece on the floor?

2. Where city did Utz rescue the Barcelona chairs from?

3. What color is Utz's carpet?

4. What does Utz own a spectacular collection of?

5. Who offers the narrator and Utz snacks?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Rabbi Loew use Yossel?

2. Describe the stuffed bear in the Hotel Bristol.

3. How does the narrator describe Utz?

4. Why did the Nazis preserve the Jewish cemetery?

5. How does Utz say he was able to keep his porcelain collection?

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

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

8. Describe Utz's apartment.

9. Who was Rabbi Loew?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine life under Communist rule.

1. What is Communism?

2. What influence had on world politics? Are their communist elements in American society?

3. How had Communism life shaped Utz? Why was he unable to leave the his country's Communist regime?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What problems do Utz's generation face? How are the problems for Utz's generation different to the problems his father's generation face? Identify and discuss a significant problem facing your generation.

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