This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter V: At the Chairman's and Chapter VI: Second Conversation with the Landlady.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does K. tell Frieda's mother he wants to see Klamm for?
(a) K. wants to make sure Klamm has no hard feelings about K. marrying Frieda.
(b) K. wants Klamm's permission to go to the Castle.
(c) K. wants to challenge Klamm to a duel over Frieda's affections.
(d) K. wants to know when the Count will come see him.

2. Who does the letter from K.'s director tell him to report to?
(a) The Count.
(b) The director.
(c) The Queen.
(d) The village chairman.

3. What does the chairman say is the reason K. was sent for?
(a) Bureaucratic error.
(b) To pad the kingdom's budget.
(c) To survey land for a new section of the village.
(d) To carry out a secret plot for the Count.

4. When K. returns to the inn after meeting with the chairman, what does the landlord ask him?
(a) Whether he has had anything to eat.
(b) Whether he is satisfied with his treatment at the inn.
(c) Whether he has gotten to see Klamm.
(d) Whether he has found a new place to stay.

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