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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. hope to ask Klamm for, when he meets with him?
(a) Frieda's hand in marriage.
(b) A permanent surveyor job.
(c) A job in the Castle.
(d) Favors.

2. What photo does the landlady show K.?
(a) A photo of herself as a young girl.
(b) A photo of her husband as a young man.
(c) A photo of Frieda as a young girl.
(d) A photo of a messenger Klamm sent to her long ago.

3. What is the weather like the morning after K. arrives?
(a) There is snow.
(b) It is sunny and warm.
(c) It is raining.
(d) It is cloudy and dark.

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

5. What does Frieda's mother say that Klamm thinks about K.?
(a) Klamm is watching what K. does carefully and judging him.
(b) Klamm thinks K. is amuzing and ineffectual.
(c) Klamm doesn't care about K. at all.
(d) Klamm admires K. and might be disappointed by him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does K. fear appearing, if the landlady is refused permission for K. to meet Klamm?

2. What does K. tell Frieda's mother he wants to see Klamm for?

3. What does Schwarzer tell K. in the beginning of the novel when the two first meet?

4. What is the attitude of the people in the house toward K.?

5. Who discovers Frieda and K. embracing in K.'s room?

(see the answer key)

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