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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does K. think of the Castle when he goes to look at it?
(a) It looks ordinary to him.
(b) He is awed and fearful.
(c) It looks overly ornate to him.
(d) He is impressed by the Castle's elegance.

2. When K. leaves with Barnabas, where do they end up?
(a) At the Castle.
(b) At another inn.
(c) At the churchyard.
(d) At Barnabas' house.

3. Does Frieda agree with what K. wants to do about the assistants?
(a) No, she wants to keep the assistants near them constantly.
(b) Yes, though she is more tolerant of the assistants than K. is.
(c) No, but she wants more time away from teh assistants.
(d) Yes, she is even more critical of the assistants than K. is.

4. Where are K. and his assistants living at the beginning of Chapter XI?
(a) The school gymnasium.
(b) The school basement.
(c) The school dormitory.
(d) The school office.

5. Who does K. find in Klamm's sleigh in the courtyard?
(a) Klamm's brother.
(b) A coachman.
(c) A valet.
(d) Klamm's new mistress.

6. At the end of Chapter VIII, where is K.?
(a) Alone in the courtyard.
(b) At the steps of the Castle.
(c) At the door to Klamm's room.
(d) At his room in the inn.

7. What does the chairman say is the reason K. was sent for?
(a) To pad the kingdom's budget.
(b) Bureaucratic error.
(c) To carry out a secret plot for the Count.
(d) To survey land for a new section of the village.

8. Where does K. say he could stay, if Frieda's mother kicked him out?
(a) At the Castle.
(b) With Artur.
(c) At the Gentleman's Inn.
(d) With Barnabas.

9. What is K. asked to get out of Klamm's sleigh?
(a) Klamm's spectacles.
(b) A music box.
(c) Cognac.
(d) A riding crop.

10. How did the landlady meet her husband?
(a) He bought flowers from her every day in her flower shop.
(b) He consoled her after Klamm stopped calling on her.
(c) He came to stay at her father's inn.
(d) He was a messenger between her and Klamm.

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

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

13. Who does the letter from K.'s director tell him to report to?
(a) The village chairman.
(b) The director.
(c) The Count.
(d) The Queen.

14. What does Klamm try to find on the wall in the taproom?
(a) An inscription.
(b) A lantern.
(c) The peephole.
(d) A picture.

15. What does Frieda's mother say that Klamm thinks about K.?
(a) Klamm doesn't care about K. at all.
(b) Klamm admires K. and might be disappointed by him.
(c) Klamm thinks K. is amuzing and ineffectual.
(d) Klamm is watching what K. does carefully and judging him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the letter praise?

2. Why does the landlady say that Frieda never received gifts from Klamm?

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

4. What does the landlady say about the landlord?

5. How does the landlady say she feels about K. staying at the inn?

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