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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Utz slam on to the desk when someone questions his racial purity?
(a) A knife.
(b) His father's medal.
(c) His mother's photo.
(d) His birth certificate.

3. What does the the narrator's friend say artists in Prague will moan about?
(a) Lack of funds.
(b) The Russians.
(c) The totalitarian state.
(d) The Czech youth.

4. What race does Utz consider himself to be?
(a) Aryan.
(b) Gipsy.
(c) Semetic.
(d) Oriental.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose tomb do the Hasids lay stone on?

2. Who did Utz help during the war?

3. What does the narrator say is always possible in Prague?

4. What does Utz's apartment overlook?

5. What is Orlik's specialty since stopping his studies of mammoths?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dr. Orlik study the household fly?

2. How does Utz say he was able to keep his porcelain collection?

3. Why is there no trout available at the trout restaurant?

4. What does the narrator observe about Utz's porcelain?

5. Why did the Nazis preserve the Jewish cemetery?

6. Who was Rabbi Loew?

7. Why has the narrator come to Prague?

8. Describe the stuffed bear in the Hotel Bristol.

9. How does the narrator describe Utz?

10. How does Utz help people during the war?

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