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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 famous explorer is referred to in this section?

2. Where do the narrator and Utz walk to?

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

4. What season does Utz say provided the happiest times?

5. What does the blond woman throw out of the window?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Marta devoted to Utz?

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

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

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

6. Describe Utz's bathrobe.

7. How did Utz get a visa to leave Czechoslovakia?

8. What does Utz remember about the mushroom season?

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

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

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

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?

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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