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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 the Chinese teach that god was the body of?

2. What does Utz think the French have lost?

3. In what city does Utz meet Dr. Frankfurter?

4. What town would Utz stop at on the way back from Prague?

5. What famous event is almost a year away?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Marta bang pots together?

3. Why does Utz say he took up alchemical studies?

4. Why does Utz want to go back to Prague?

5. Why is Marta devoted to Utz?

6. Why did the makers call the white porcelain porcelain?

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

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

9. Why did people think gold could save one from death?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 2

Compare Western European and Central and Eastern European culture.

1. What are the differences between the two cultures?

2. In what way have the two cultures influenced each other?

Essay Topic 3

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

1. Work.

2. Social life.

3. Intimate relationships.

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