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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the teacher characterize the chairman in the conversation?
(a) Kind, helpful, and generous.
(b) Mean, bullying, and power-hungry.
(c) Empty-headed and ignorant.
(d) Bumbling and incompetent.

3. What does K. tell Frieda's mother he wants to see Klamm for?
(a) K. wants Klamm's permission to go to the Castle.
(b) K. wants to know when the Count will come see him.
(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.

4. 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 not happy about taking him into their house.
(d) They are scared to have K. in the house.

5. 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) Klamm never gives gifts to his mistresses.
(c) She never asked for any gifts.
(d) She is not a good enough mistress to deserve gifts.

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

7. What does the landlady say about Barnabas' family?
(a) They won't talk to Frieda.
(b) They are unfriendly.
(c) They are snobs.
(d) They have a bad reputation.

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

9. Where does K. go with the people he meets on the road?
(a) To the schoolhouse.
(b) To the inn.
(c) To the Castle.
(d) To Barnabas's house.

10. Who leases the inn to the landlady and landlord?
(a) The Count.
(b) The landlord's uncle.
(c) The landlady's father.
(d) Klamm.

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

12. When do they tell K. that Klamm left the Gentleman's Inn?
(a) As soon as K. was out of the way.
(b) Before K. arrived at the Gentleman's Inn.
(c) A few hours after K. had left.
(d) While K. was waiting for Klamm.

13. When K. lights a match, who does he startle?
(a) Pepi.
(b) Olga.
(c) Artur.
(d) Frieda.

14. Where does K. go at the beginning of Chapter IX?
(a) To Barnabas's house.
(b) To the inn where he is staying.
(c) To the Castle.
(d) Into the Gentlemen's Inn.

15. What does K. tell Schwarzer he is?
(a) A milliner.
(b) A member of the royal court.
(c) A land surveyor.
(d) An apothecary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the landlady say about the landlord?

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

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

4. Who does K. say is the only person with authority to fire him?

5. What is the weather like the morning after K. arrives?

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