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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Do the people in the house know about K.?
(a) No, they have never heard anything about him.
(b) No, they have only heard vague rumors of a stranger in town.
(c) Yes, but they pretend not to know of him.
(d) Yes, they have heard talk about him.

2. Who does Frieda say the assistants really want?
(a) K.
(b) Barnabas.
(c) Klamm.
(d) Frieda.

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

4. What is the chairman suffering from?
(a) Headache.
(b) Measles.
(c) Flu.
(d) Gout.

5. 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 challenge Klamm to a duel over Frieda's affections.
(c) K. wants to make sure Klamm has no hard feelings about K. marrying Frieda.
(d) K. wants to know when the Count will come see him.

6. What reason does Frieda give that she is sad she left the Gentlemen's Inn?
(a) She misses a steady income as a barmaid.
(b) She misses Klamm's power.
(c) She misses Klamm's wealth.
(d) She feels unworthy to be with K.

7. When K. returns to the inn after meeting with the chairman, what does the landlord ask him?
(a) Whether he has found a new place to stay.
(b) Whether he is satisfied with his treatment at the inn.
(c) Whether he has gotten to see Klamm.
(d) Whether he has had anything to eat.

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

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

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

11. Why does the teacher say the offer is a great favor?
(a) The chairman has never offered anyone a job before.
(b) The offer was especially requested by Klamm.
(c) The position is unnecessary.
(d) The position was going to be given to the chairman's brother.

12. What does Frieda's mother say that Klamm thinks about K.?
(a) Klamm thinks K. is amuzing and ineffectual.
(b) Klamm is watching what K. does carefully and judging him.
(c) Klamm doesn't care about K. at all.
(d) Klamm admires K. and might be disappointed by him.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the characters have trouble sleeping at the school?

2. How likely does Frieda's mother say it is for K. to see Klamm?

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

4. What reason does Frieda suggest for letting the assistants return?

5. Who does K. say summoned him?

(see the answer keys)

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