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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 part of Prague do Utz and the narrator spend their afternoon strolling through?

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

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

4. What does Pstruh mean in English?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Utz prove he is racially pure?

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

3. Why has the narrator come to Prague?

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

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

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

7. Describe Utz's apartment.

8. Where does the golem legend have its roots?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

1. Work.

2. Social life.

3. Intimate relationships.

Essay Topic 2

Compare Western European and Central and Eastern European culture.

1. What are the differences between the two cultures?

2. In what way have the two cultures influenced each other?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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