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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 does Marta drink at breakfast?

2. What was the easiest way to get an exit visa?

3. What has the Director of the Rudolfine Museum placed on Utz's coffin?

4. To where does Utz ship his porcelain?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Utz's apartment.

3. How does Utz help people during the war?

4. How could a rabbi destroy a golem?

5. How does Rabbi Loew stop Yossel from running amok?

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

7. Why did the Nazis preserve the Jewish cemetery?

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

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

10. How does the narrator describe Utz?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick a character from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Communism affected one of the following areas in Utz's life.

1. Work.

2. Social life.

3. Intimate relationships.

Essay Topic 3

Examine communism and capitalism. Why did communism and capitalism become the two main political systems after WWII? What are the differences between the two systems of thought? Why do you think Communism failed?

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