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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 kind of bear is at the end of the table?

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

3. Who are the all trout at the restaurant reserved for?

4. What character from the bible was said to be a Golem?

5. What city are the chairs in Utz's room from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How could a rabbi destroy a golem?

2. Describe the stuffed bear in the Hotel Bristol.

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

4. Why did the Nazis preserve the Jewish cemetery?

5. How does Utz help people during the war?

6. How does Utz prove he is racially pure?

7. Where does the golem legend have its roots?

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

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

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

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

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 3

Discuss the values of the 1980s.

1. In what ways are the characters a product of their time?

2. How does the play express the changes Czechoslovakia was going through at the time?

3. Does modern society share any values with 1980s Czechoslovakia?

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