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

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

3. What room does the narrator ask to see?
(a) The dining room.
(b) The loinge.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The bathroom.

4. What is the figure of Pulchinella being fed by a young boy?
(a) Rice.
(b) Soup.
(c) Noodles.
(d) Spaghetti.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What Asian country had a huge impact on European imagination?

2. What does Utz think the French have lost?

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

4. What does Utz suggest he and the narrator do?

5. What city does Utz say he hates?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Utz fantacize would happen on his trip?

2. What does the narrator see in Utz's bedroom?

3. Describe the porcelain figure Dr. Franfurter sells Utz.

4. What does Utz remember about Marta?

5. Why is Marta devoted to Utz?

6. Why does Utz dislike Vichy?

7. Why does the woman on the train disgust Utz?

8. What does Utz conclude about luxury?

9. Why did Marco Polo call Cowrie beads porcelain shells?

10. How did the German's use Bottger's porcelain during the 1923 inflation?

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