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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XVII: Amalia's Secret and Chapter XVIII: Amalia's Punishment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frieda want K. to do about the job offer?
(a) She wants him to take the job.
(b) She wants him to negotiate for time off to be with her.
(c) She wants him to negotiate for a higher position.
(d) She wants him to reject the job.

2. How does K. try to get out of the conversation with Frieda's mother?
(a) By saying he is wanted at the Castle immediately.
(b) By saying he must go to work surveying the land the inn is on.
(c) By saying he is not decent and must dress.
(d) By saying he must leave for his meeting with the village chairman.

3. What does K. want to do about his assistants?
(a) Send them away.
(b) Find them new jobs.
(c) Find them a separate place to live.
(d) Send them to the Castle.

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

5. What type of apprenticeship does Barnabas have?
(a) Milliner.
(b) Apothecary.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) Shoemaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Schwarzer and Gisa?

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

3. What does the landlady say about Barnabas' family?

4. Had other families been disgraced in the past?

5. How does K. get to see Klamm?

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