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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does K. say he wants to see Klamm?
(a) Within the next week.
(b) Before he must report to the village authorities.
(c) As soon as possible.
(d) Whenever Klamm has time in his schedule.

2. What does the chairman say about the Castle's phone system?
(a) That it's the most reliable part of the Castle bureaucracy.
(b) That it's never working.
(c) That it's a joke.
(d) That it's antiquated but effective.

3. Who does K. go to the Gentlemen's Inn to look for?
(a) Olga.
(b) Frieda.
(c) Klamm.
(d) Barnabas.

4. How many siblings does Barnabas have?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

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

6. 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) Favors.
(d) A job in the Castle.

7. Who does K. believe is behind the landlady's marriage and the lease of the inn?
(a) The Count.
(b) Hans.
(c) Hans' uncle.
(d) Klamm.

8. What is Frieda's relationship with Klamm?
(a) They are siblings.
(b) They are enemies.
(c) They are lovers.
(d) They are friends.

9. What does the letter praise?
(a) K.'s politeness.
(b) K.'s work as a surveyor.
(c) K's integrity in dealing with Frieda.
(d) K.'s ability to follow rules.

10. When does K. tell Frieda's mother that he plans to marry Frieda?
(a) Never.
(b) As soon as possible.
(c) The following summer.
(d) Perhaps in a year or so.

11. What gets thrown on Frieda and K.?
(a) A rug.
(b) A sheet.
(c) A bucket of water.
(d) Their clothes.

12. What reason does Frieda's mother give for letting K. stay in the inn when he first arrived?
(a) She was too tired to kick him out.
(b) She needed the money.
(c) She thought K. would be a good connection with the Castle.
(d) She thought it would be nice to talk to someone new.

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

14. How does K. feel when he leaves the meeting with the chairman?
(a) Mournful.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Happy.
(d) Unsatisfied.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like at the beginning of Chapter X?

2. Where does K. go at the beginning of Chapter IX?

3. What does Frieda ask K. to do?

4. Who does K. meet on the road?

5. How did the landlady meet her husband?

(see the answer keys)

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