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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the easiest way to get an exit visa?
(a) On the grounds of ill health.
(b) On the grounds of depression.
(c) On the grounds of racial hatred.
(d) On the grounds of writer's block.

2. What does emet mean in Hebrew?
(a) Health.
(b) Frolics.
(c) Disaster.
(d) Truth.

3. What color carnations does Urlik place on Utz's coffin?
(a) Red.
(b) Pink.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

4. What does Utz cram on his mirror backed shelves?
(a) Books.
(b) Cash.
(c) Dolls.
(d) Porcelains.

5. Which political group has laid a wreath on Utz's coffin?
(a) The Liberals.
(b) The Nazis.
(c) The Nihilists.
(d) The Bolsheviks.

6. Where does Utz meet the narrator?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A park.
(c) A bar.
(d) A cafe.

7. What does Pstruh mean in English?
(a) Trout.
(b) Carp.
(c) Bread.
(d) Words.

8. What was the name of Rabbi Loew's golem?
(a) Maxi.
(b) Yossel.
(c) Franz.
(d) Benayoun.

9. What does the bear symbolize?
(a) Strength.
(b) The country's protector.
(c) Family unity.
(d) Communist rule.

10. How does Utz say he felt when the secret police left his apartment?
(a) Free.
(b) Violated.
(c) Helpless.
(d) Filthy.

11. What does the golems master remove from the golems head when all creatures rest?
(a) His tongue.
(b) The key.
(c) The strip of metal.
(d) His teeth.

12. What city are the chairs in Utz's room from?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Barcelona.

13. What did Utz plan with care?
(a) His death.
(b) His funeral.
(c) His book.
(d) His film.

14. What stands at the far end of the table in Hotel Bristol?
(a) A stuffed bird.
(b) A stuffed bear.
(c) A stuffed horse.
(d) A stuffed wolf.

15. Who does Utz believe art collections should belong to?
(a) Museums.
(b) Private collectors.
(c) The community.
(d) The state.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Utz own a spectacular collection of?

2. What kind of animal did Orlik study for thirty years?

3. Whose tomb do the Hasids lay stone on?

4. What organization was the curator of the museum from?

5. What covers Utz's coffin?

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