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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Marco Polo think cowrie beads looked like?
(a) Females' backs.
(b) Pigs' backs.
(c) Cows' backs.
(d) Chickens' backs.

2. What did Bottger develop in 1708?
(a) Red porcelain.
(b) Gold chains.
(c) Bone china.
(d) Blue porcelain.

3. What does the blond woman throw out of the window?
(a) A lunch box.
(b) A snail.
(c) A chicken leg.
(d) A sandwich.

4. What would Marta hide the hare or peasant under to get past the police?
(a) Books.
(b) Rice.
(c) Potatos.
(d) Fish.

5. What does Utz see a woman doing with her young son?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Racing.
(d) Picnicking.

6. What is the title of the book Marta gave Utz to read on the train?
(a) Vanity Fair.
(b) The Magic Mountain.
(c) The Trial.
(d) The Merchant of Venic.

7. What season does Utz say provided the happiest times?
(a) Potato season.
(b) Paprika season.
(c) Sunflower season.
(d) Mushroom season.

8. How does the narrator find the mood in the Soviet Union?
(a) Buoyant.
(b) Light.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Serious.

9. What does Utz admit to storing in a vault at a Swiss bank?
(a) Meissen.
(b) Gold.
(c) Platinum.
(d) Silver.

10. What did Augustus the Strong's granddaughter found?
(a) Poland.
(b) The Vichy factory.
(c) Czecholovakia.
(d) The CapodiMonte factoy.

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

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

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

14. What does Utz suggest he and the narrator do?
(a) Play snooker.
(b) Go to a bar.
(c) Eat.
(d) Walk.

15. What language does Utz mumble loud enough for the blonde woman to hear?
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) German.
(d) Czech.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What city does Utz say he sleeps soundly in?

3. Where does Utz go at the end of the chapter?

4. What price does Franfurter say he selling the Pulchinella to Utz for?

5. In which city was the CapodiMonte factory set up?

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