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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the address of Kasper Joachim's apartment?

2. Why does Utz think Jews make good art collector?

3. What does Utz spend hours doing in Dresden?

4. What does Utz's doctor prescribe him?

5. What part of Prague do Utz and the narrator spend their afternoon strolling through?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Utz's funeral suggest about him as a person?

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

3. How did the communist state divert people's attentions from the Christian rituals of Utz's funeral?

4. Why did the Nazis preserve the Jewish cemetery?

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

6. How does Utz develop his theory about porcelain collecting?

7. How did Utz's grandmother ignite Utz's interest in Porcelain collecting?

8. Who was Rabbi Loew?

9. What does Dr. Orlik do every time he sees a fly in the restaurant?

10. Describe the stuffed bear in the Hotel Bristol.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the arguments for and against Communism? What is Chatwin opinion on Communism and how does he express them? Do you agree or disagree with Chatwin's opinion?

Essay Topic 2

In 1992, George Sluizer directed a film version of Utz. How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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