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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is K.’s first name in the novel?
(a) Peter
(b) Josef
(c) Franz
(d) James
2. What character is described in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach” as a girl “who worked serving in a wine-bar during the night and well into the morning, and during the daytime only received visitors from her bed”?
(a) Frau Grubach
(b) Fraülein Bürstner
(c) Leni
(d) Elsa
3. By what method of transportation does K. travel to work in the morning in “The Arrest”?
(a) By train
(b) By taxi
(c) By bus
(d) By bicycle
4. K. points out to Fraülein Bürstner that Frau Grubach is dependent on him for what reason in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
(a) She’s borrowed a large sum of money from him
(b) She is desperate to marry his father
(c) He was a witness to a crime she committed
(d) She is his only heir
5. What public prosecutor does the Deputy Manager say is coming to his party in the beginning of “The First Hearing”?
(a) Rabensteiner
(b) Kaminer
(c) Hasterer
(d) Dr. Huld
Short Answer Questions
1. When does the Examining Magistrate in the courtroom say K. should have been there when K. arrives in “The First Hearing”?
2. At what time does K. plan to arrive at the courtroom on the day of his first hearing in “The First Hearing”?
3. The woman who moves in with Fraülein Bürstner holds what profession?
4. What do the guards offer to fetch for K. “for a small sum of money” in “The Arrest”?
5. The first book in the courtroom that K. looks at in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices” is a book of what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What relationship to the legal system does Fraülein Bürstner say she has in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
2. What information has K. learned about his coming hearing in the opening of “The First Hearing”? How did he gain this information?
3. How is the Examining Magistrate described in “The First Hearing”? What does he ask K.?
4. What does Willem say of his and Franz’s careers prior to K.’s accusations in “The Thrasher”?
5. Describe the setting of The Trial. How does the author establish the setting in “The Arrest”?
6. What does Franz say when he grovels to K. for help in “The Thrasher”?
7. Why is K. incapable of handling his trial in the same ways that he handles his work at the bank?
8. How are the Examining Magistrate’s books described in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”? What happens to the Usher’s Wife in the chapter?
9. How would you characterize K.’s behavior toward Fraülein Bürstner in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
10. How are the people in the courtroom situated in “The First Hearing”? How is this arrangement symbolic?
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