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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. In what city does Utz meet Dr. Frankfurter?

2. How do Utz and Marta counter any microphones that may have been planted in the house?

3. What does Utz suggest he and the narrator do?

4. Where do the narrator and Utz walk to?

5. What is Utz's bedside lampshade made from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Utz like about the soprano he sees at a show?

2. How does Utz react when the narrator asks to see his bathroom?

3. Why does Utz dislike Vichy?

4. Why does Marta bang pots together?

5. What does Utz remember about the mushroom season?

6. What does Utz remember about Marta?

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

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

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

10. Why is Marta devoted to Utz?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 2

In 1992, George Sluizer directed a film version of Utz. How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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