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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XI: The Schoolhouse and Chapter XII: The Assistants.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does K. meet on the road?
(a) Frieda and Olga.
(b) His assistants and Frieda.
(c) His assistants and Barnabas.
(d) Olga and Barnabas.

2. What is Frieda's job at the taproom?
(a) Serving beer.
(b) Talking with customers and getting them to buy her drinks.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Cleaning the floors.

3. What is Barnabas' role, according to the letter from K.'s director?
(a) He is a guard to watch out for K.'s safety.
(b) He is an overseer to make sure K. is behaving properly.
(c) He is an assistant to help K. with his work.
(d) He is a messenger to communicate with the Castle.

4. What does Klamm try to find on the wall in the taproom?
(a) The peephole.
(b) A picture.
(c) An inscription.
(d) A lantern.

5. What does K. say about attempts to communicate through intermediaries?
(a) They are inefficient.
(b) They work in his favor.
(c) They are failures.
(d) They enhance communication.

Short Answer Questions

1. Do the people in the house know about K.?

2. How does the landlord say that the landlady has been feeling?

3. How does K. get back to the inn?

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

5. What does the chairman say is the reason K. was sent for?

(see the answer key)

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