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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The First Hearing.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the subordinate bank employees in “The Arrest” is described as “blond with deep-set eyes”?
(a) Franz
(b) Willem
(c) Kullich
(d) Rabensteiner

2. When did World War I begin?
(a) January 16, 1912
(b) September 2, 1911
(c) July 28, 1914
(d) June 30, 1915

3. The next room to K.’s in “The Arrest” has been taken by “a typist, who went off to work very early and came back late.” What is this character’s name?
(a) Frau Block
(b) The Usher's Wife
(c) Fraülein Montag
(d) Fräulein Bürstner

4. What public prosecutor does the Deputy Manager say is coming to his party in the beginning of “The First Hearing”?
(a) Kaminer
(b) Rabensteiner
(c) Hasterer
(d) Dr. Huld

5. What do the guards offer to fetch for K. “for a small sum of money” in “The Arrest”?
(a) Lunch
(b) Breakfast
(c) His landlady
(d) His clothing

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man from the state prosecution office that K. tells the supervisor is his friend in “The Arrest”?

2. When K. leaves Fräulein Bürstner’s room at the end of “A Conversation with Frau Grubach,” he thinks “for a while about the way he had behaved; he was” what?

3. Which of the subordinate bank employees in “The Arrest” is described as “stiff, swinging his arms” and apathetic?

4. When does Fraülein Bürstner say she’s starting work as a secretary at a lawyer’s office when speaking with K. in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

5. At what time does K. plan to arrive at the courtroom on the day of his first hearing in “The First Hearing”?

(see the answer key)

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