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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does K. fear appearing, if the landlady is refused permission for K. to meet Klamm?
(a) Rebellious.
(b) Worthless.
(c) Greedy.
(d) Insignficant.

2. What answer does K. get when he calls the Castle himself for permission to visit?
(a) He is told he must fill out the right forms.
(b) He is told he can come at once.
(c) He is told he must wait three days.
(d) He is told no.

3. What is the weather like at the beginning of Chapter X?
(a) Overcast but still.
(b) Bad.
(c) Windy but clear.
(d) Sunny and warm.

4. What does the chairman say is the reason K. was sent for?
(a) To carry out a secret plot for the Count.
(b) To pad the kingdom's budget.
(c) To survey land for a new section of the village.
(d) Bureaucratic error.

5. What does K. tell Frieda's mother he wants to see Klamm for?
(a) K. wants to know when the Count will come see him.
(b) K. wants Klamm's permission to go to the Castle.
(c) K. wants to make sure Klamm has no hard feelings about K. marrying Frieda.
(d) K. wants to challenge Klamm to a duel over Frieda's affections.

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

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

8. What finally happens to the sleigh and the horses?
(a) They ride off to the Castle.
(b) They ride out to the country to meet Klamm.
(c) They are brought back to the stable.
(d) They circle around the inn several times, before disappearing.

9. Who does the letter from K.'s director tell him to report to?
(a) The Queen.
(b) The village chairman.
(c) The director.
(d) The Count.

10. What document does the chairman try to locate?
(a) One that will give details of K.'s appointment.
(b) One that will explain why K. was sent for.
(c) One that will give K. permission to visit the Castle.
(d) One that will give K. instructions on leaving the village.

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

12. Does Frieda agree with what K. wants to do about the assistants?
(a) No, but she wants more time away from teh assistants.
(b) Yes, though she is more tolerant of the assistants than K. is.
(c) No, she wants to keep the assistants near them constantly.
(d) Yes, she is even more critical of the assistants than K. is.

13. What does the chairman offer to contact the Castle for?
(a) Residential papers for K.
(b) Permission for K. to marry.
(c) A promotion for K.
(d) Reimbursement for K.

14. How does the teacher say K. treated the chairman?
(a) Rudely.
(b) Appropriately.
(c) Unethically.
(d) Considerately.

15. Why does the landlady say that Frieda never received gifts from Klamm?
(a) Klamm only gives one gift to a mistress, when she leaves him.
(b) She is not a good enough mistress to deserve gifts.
(c) She never asked for any gifts.
(d) Klamm never gives gifts to his mistresses.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the landlady meet her husband?

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

3. What do Artur and Jeremias look like?

4. What do the assistants do when K. makes them leave?

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

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