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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. How does K. get to see Klamm?
(a) By rushing into his office unannounced.
(b) By looking through a peephole.
(c) By passing him on the street.
(d) By sitting next to him at the restaurant.

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

3. What does the landlady say about Barnabas' family?
(a) They have a bad reputation.
(b) They are snobs.
(c) They won't talk to Frieda.
(d) They are unfriendly.

4. Who does Frieda's mother say an official will talk to?
(a) Anyone.
(b) Only those who fill out the correct paperwork.
(c) Only those he wants to talk to.
(d) No one.

5. Do the people in the house know about K.?
(a) Yes, they have heard talk about him.
(b) Yes, but they pretend not to know of him.
(c) No, they have never heard anything about him.
(d) No, they have only heard vague rumors of a stranger in town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Frieda's relationship with Klamm?

2. What answer do K.'s assistants get when they call the Castle for permission to visit?

3. Who does the letter from K.'s director tell him to report to?

4. When does K. say he wants to see Klamm?

5. What color hair does Frieda have?

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