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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 does Utz think the French have lost?

2. What does Utz admit to storing in a vault at a Swiss bank?

3. What does Utz say people once believed Crystals turned into?

4. What did Marco Polo think cowrie beads looked like?

5. What room does Marta withdraw to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the porcelain figure Dr. Franfurter sells Utz.

2. Why does Utz think porcelain was the Chinese people's material?

3. Why did people think gold could save one from death?

4. Why did Marco Polo call Cowrie beads porcelain shells?

5. Why is Marta devoted to Utz?

6. Why did the makers call the white porcelain porcelain?

7. Why does Utz say he took up alchemical studies?

8. Why does Utz want to go back to Prague?

9. Describe Utz's bathrobe.

10. What does Utz conclude about luxury?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Examine communism and capitalism. Why did communism and capitalism become the two main political systems after WWII? What are the differences between the two systems of thought? Why do you think Communism failed?

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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