This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IX: The Struggle Against the Interrogation and Chapter X: On the Street.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position does the chairman offer to K.?
(a) School janitor.
(b) School librarian.
(c) Surveying instructor.
(d) Clock maintenance worker.

2. What reason does K. suggest for the landlady's reluctance to have him talk to Klamm?
(a) That she is protecting her daughter.
(b) That she is protecting Klamm.
(c) That she doesn't want K. to get in trouble.
(d) That she is employed by Klamm.

3. Where do Frieda and K. make love?
(a) On the taproom floor.
(b) Outside under a tree.
(c) In one of the inn's bedrooms.
(d) In the churchyard.

4. How does the teacher know about K.'s conversation with the chairman?
(a) He recorded a deposition of the conversation.
(b) He heard about it from the chairman's wife.
(c) His servant heard about it from the chairman's servant.
(d) He lives next door to the chairman, and the walls are thin.

5. What does Schwarzer tell K. in the beginning of the novel when the two first meet?
(a) That K. has to show papers bearing the royal seal from the Castle.
(b) That K. is welcome in the village.
(c) That K. has no permission to be there.
(d) That K. has to work for his board at the inn.