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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Karl do on his weekly day off?
2. What does Robinson say prevented him and Delamarche from finding work after Karl left them outside the Occidental Hotel?
3. What do Delamarche and Robinson criticize about Jakob's company?
4. What does Therese try to make Karl promise her?
5. What does the policeman's repetition of Karl's name make Karl think is true?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Karl try to improve his position in life while he is at the Occidental Hotel?
2. What other locations is the description of the suburban Ramses apartment building meant to evoke, and what is the similarity between these locations?
3. What is ironic about Karl getting in trouble for being away from his lift?
4. What two reasons does Robinson have for coming to see Karl?
5. Describe Robinson's appearance at the Occidental Hotel in Chapter VI, "The Robinson Affair."
6. What do Karl's actions while he is fetching and serving breakfast demonstrate about his character?
7. What convinces Karl to stay at Brunelda's apartment even after Delamarche assaults him?
8. How does the head cook try to soften the blow of Karl's dismissal?
9. What is ironic about Karl's actions with his trunk during the night he spends in the inn after leaving Pollunder's house?
10. What shared background do Karl and the head cook discover they have?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is Kafka saying about America through the motif of automation? Where are the most prominent images of automation? Are they all literal, or are there also figurative images of automation? How does this automation both attract and repel Karl? Is the audience meant to feel this same ambivalence? Write an essay in which you take and defend a position on the meaning of automation in Amerika. Use textual evidence from throughout the novel in support of your claims.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you take and defend a position about the symbolic value of the sword held by Lady Liberty in the opening paragraph of Amerika. As you formulate your idea about the sword's meaning, consider questions like the following: How does the symbol relate to Kafka's perceptions of America? What historical lens did Kafka view this country through? How does the symbol relate to a long tradition of European art? What impact would the sword have on a reader acquainted with this tradition? How does the idea of America itself contrast with old European traditions like this? Be sure to support your ideas with textual evidence from throughout the novel, and if you use outside sources, credit these in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
Write an analysis of "The Stoker" as a stand-alone work. As you come to a conclusion about the meaning of this section of the text, you will want to take into account at least the following: plot, setting, atmosphere, symbolism, and characterization. Be sure to support your ideas with textual evidence.
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