This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter III: Frieda and Chapter IV: First Conversation with the Landlady.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does K. step into a house on the way to the Castle?
(a) The winding road confounds him, and he needs directions.
(b) He is trying to avoid someone he sees on the road.
(c) He is starving and needs some food.
(d) Going uphill through snow tires him out.

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

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

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

5. What does K. tell Schwarzer he is?
(a) A member of the royal court.
(b) An apothecary.
(c) A milliner.
(d) A land surveyor.