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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XV: At Amalia's and Chapter XVI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the gentleman want K. to do?
(a) Put off his wedding to Frieda.
(b) Answer questions in a formal interview.
(c) Fill out forms to get to see Klamm.
(d) Leave the town.

2. When do they tell K. that Klamm left the Gentleman's Inn?
(a) As soon as K. was out of the way.
(b) A few hours after K. had left.
(c) Before K. arrived at the Gentleman's Inn.
(d) While K. was waiting for Klamm.

3. What reason does Frieda's mother give for letting K. stay in the inn when he first arrived?
(a) She needed the money.
(b) She thought K. would be a good connection with the Castle.
(c) She was too tired to kick him out.
(d) She thought it would be nice to talk to someone new.

4. Why does Barnabas want the job of messenger?
(a) For the money it brings.
(b) For the status it brings.
(c) For the chance to overhear conversations.
(d) Because he is endebted to Klamm.

5. What does K. hope to ask Klamm for, when he meets with him?
(a) Frieda's hand in marriage.
(b) Favors.
(c) A permanent surveyor job.
(d) A job in the Castle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does K. suggest for the landlady's reluctance to have him talk to Klamm?

2. What does the landlady say about Barnabas' family?

3. Why do the characters have trouble sleeping at the school?

4. What do the assistants do when K. makes them leave?

5. What are Barnabas' parents doing when K. arrives at the house?

(see the answer key)

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