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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Utz think the French have lost?
(a) Their energy.
(b) Their taste.
(c) Their power.
(d) Their morals.

2. What piece does Utz tell the narrator he smuggled into Czechslovakia?
(a) The Pulchinella.
(b) The Augustus.
(c) The Yardly.
(d) The Haremetta.

3. What does Utz say is the same word as porcelain?
(a) Porch.
(b) Porsche.
(c) Pork.
(d) Poor.

4. Who does the narrator say is devoted to Utz?
(a) Orlik.
(b) Marta.
(c) Mara.
(d) Louis.

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

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

7. What is Utz's bedside lampshade made from?
(a) Leather.
(b) Lace.
(c) Silk.
(d) Paper.

8. Who opened the first Porcelain factory in 1710?
(a) Jackson Dennis.
(b) Augustus the Strong.
(c) Louis Fatwa.
(d) Adolf Schultz.

9. What was Bottger's grandfather's occupation?
(a) Cobbler.
(b) Blacksmith.
(c) Silversmith.
(d) Goldsmith.

10. What does Utz say it is too late for a woman to love him for?
(a) His morals.
(b) His money.
(c) His looks.
(d) His taste.

11. What is the collar of Utz's bathrobe made from?
(a) Emu feathers.
(b) Ostrich plumes.
(c) Bear fur.
(d) Monkey fur.

12. Who sends the narrator a card to inform him of Utz's death?
(a) Vaclav.
(b) Marta.
(c) Orlik.
(d) Jan.

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

14. Where do the narrator and Utz walk to?
(a) Mala Strana.
(b) Namesti Miru.
(c) Wencelas Square.
(d) Old Town Square.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Marco Polo think cowrie beads looked like?

2. What does Utz see a woman doing with her young son?

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

4. What does Utz say people once believed silver turned into?

5. What does Utz admit to storing in a vault at a Swiss bank?

(see the answer keys)

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