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. worry about regarding Frieda?
(a) That she will make Klamm angry with her.
(b) That she will continue to feel attached to Klamm.
(c) That she will leave him when she learns the Castle does not need him.
(d) That she will continue to sleep with Klamm.

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

3. How likely does Frieda's mother say it is for K. to see Klamm?
(a) Very likely.
(b) Certain.
(c) Somewhat unlikely.
(d) Impossible.

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. has to work for his board at the inn.
(c) That K. is welcome in the village.
(d) That K. has to show papers bearing the royal seal from the Castle.

5. 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 needed the money.
(c) She thought K. would be a good connection with the Castle.
(d) She was too tired to kick him out.