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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 believe alchemy was?

2. What does porcella mean in Italian?

3. What town would Utz stop at on the way back from Prague?

4. What does the boy do when the blonde woman touches him?

5. What city would Utz go to during mushroom season?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Utz fantacize would happen on his trip?

2. Why does the woman on the train disgust Utz?

3. Describe Utz's bathrobe.

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

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

6. Why is Augustus the Strong one of Utz's heros?

7. How did the German's use Bottger's porcelain during the 1923 inflation?

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

9. Why did Utz decide to leave Czechoslovakia?

10. What does Utz remember about the mushroom season?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

Pick a character from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

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