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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Utz's hero?
(a) Augustus the Strong.
(b) King Louis III.
(c) Cleopatra.
(d) King Wencelas.

2. What city does Utz meet the man from his bank?
(a) Paris.
(b) Zurich.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Geneva.

3. What is the name of the one exhibition open at the Rudolfine Museum?
(a) The Modern Chair.
(b) The Yard Stick.
(c) The Volkswagon.
(d) The Modern Toilet.

4. What does Utz believe alchemy was?
(a) A religious ceremony.
(b) A spiritual cominf.
(c) A mystical exercise.
(d) A form of mediatation.

5. What was the name of Utz's New York dealer?
(a) Dr. Franz.
(b) Dr. Franfurter.
(c) Dr. Xerox.
(d) Dr. Davis.

6. What do the customs men take from Utz?
(a) His small change.
(b) His phone.
(c) His wallet.
(d) His sweater.

7. In which city was the CapodiMonte factory set up?
(a) Naples.
(b) Geneva.
(c) Zurich.
(d) Hanover.

8. What Asian country had a huge impact on European imagination?
(a) India.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) China.
(d) Japan.

9. Who does Utz think about alone in his apartment?
(a) Jana.
(b) Orlik.
(c) Marta.
(d) Helena.

10. What town would Utz stop at on the way back from Prague?
(a) Pilzen.
(b) Tabor.
(c) Liberec.
(d) Brno.

11. What does Utz think his food lacks?
(a) Pepper.
(b) Taste.
(c) Salt.
(d) Vitality.

12. What does Utz believe porcelain is the antidote to?
(a) Tiredness.
(b) Depression.
(c) Decay.
(d) Racism.

13. What price does Franfurter say he selling the Pulchinella to Utz for?
(a) A Jewish price.
(b) A cheap price.
(c) A friend's price.
(d) A Communist's price.

14. Who did Utz fantasize he would meet?
(a) A fun-loving American.
(b) A lonely middle-aged women.
(c) A teenage girl.
(d) A British heiress.

15. What famous explorer is referred to in this section?
(a) Christopher Columbus.
(b) John Thompson.
(c) Marco Polo.
(d) James Cook.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator think Utz may have hidden in his dressing table?

3. How does the narrator find the mood in the Soviet Union?

4. What would Marta hide the hare or peasant under to get past the police?

5. What room does the narrator ask to see?

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