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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. What is the attitude of the people in the house toward K.?
(a) They are pleased to have K., but have no extra room, money, or food.
(b) They are scared to have K. in the house.
(c) They are very pleased to welcome and feed K.
(d) They are not happy about taking him into their house.

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 no permission to be there.
(c) That K. has to work for his board at the inn.
(d) That K. has to show papers bearing the royal seal from the Castle.

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

4. What does K. learn about Klamm's whereabouts?
(a) Klamm's room is empty, and he is getting ready to leave.
(b) Klamm has moved to another room, as he does each night.
(c) Klamm is away in the country for two or three days.
(d) Klamm is back at the Castle already.

5. What position does the chairman offer to K.?
(a) Surveying instructor.
(b) School librarian.
(c) School janitor.
(d) Clock maintenance worker.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the teacher characterize the chairman in the conversation?

2. Who does K. believe is behind the landlady's marriage and the lease of the inn?

3. Who is the gentleman waiting for K. at the beginning of Chapter IX?

4. Who does K. go to the Gentlemen's Inn to look for?

5. What does K. worry about regarding Frieda?

(see the answer key)

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