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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 did Marco Polo think cowrie beads looked like?

2. What does the boy do when the blonde woman touches him?

3. What did Marco Polo call cowrie beads?

4. Who did Utz fantasize he would meet?

5. What does the boy offer Utz to eat?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Utz react when the narrator asks to see his bathroom?

2. What does Utz conclude about luxury?

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

4. What does Utz remember about Marta?

5. Why does Utz think porcelain was the Chinese people's material?

6. What does Utz like about the soprano he sees at a show?

7. Why is Augustus the Strong one of Utz's heros?

8. Why is Marta devoted to Utz?

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

10. What does Utz remember about the mushroom season?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and examine their real life equivalent. How did the author adapt it for his novel?

1. The KSC.

2. Prague.

3. Art collecting.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Examine the books reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

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