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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between Schwarzer and Gisa?
(a) Schwarzer is Gisa's enemy.
(b) Schwazer is Gisa's employer.
(c) Schwarzer is courting Gisa.
(d) Schwarzer is like a brother to Gisa.

2. What does K. say about his loyalty to Frieda?
(a) That she is horrid to challenge his faithfulness.
(b) That she doesn't deserve to know whether he was faithful.
(c) That it doesn't matter whether he was unfaithful.
(d) That he was never unfaithful.

3. Who tells K. that Olga is in love with him?
(a) Olga.
(b) Amalia.
(c) Olga's mother.
(d) Olga's father.

4. What does K. do while listening to Buergel?
(a) He taps his foot incessantly.
(b) He paces madly.
(c) He falls asleep.
(d) He twiddle his thumbs.

5. What does the teacher scold K. for at the beginning of Chapter XIV?
(a) Not cleaning up the room.
(b) Not being polite enough.
(c) Not dressing properly.
(d) Talking to the wrong people.

6. What was the family looking at when Sortini approached Amalia?
(a) A fire engine.
(b) A tall building.
(c) A horse.
(d) A poster.

7. What is Frieda doing when K. returns to the schoolhouse in Chapter XV?
(a) Telling stories to the children.
(b) Mopping the floors.
(c) Bathing a cat.
(d) Sorting the library books.

8. What does K. say about the schoolteacher scolding him?
(a) That it does not affect him.
(b) That he will soon revenge the schoolteacher.
(c) That he is pleased that the schoolteacher is mad at him.
(d) That he is deeply upset by it.

9. What does K. say about Olga's attractiveness?
(a) She is both pretty and friendly.
(b) She is neither pretty nor friendly.
(c) She is pretty but not friendly.
(d) She is friendly but not pretty.

10. Where does K. fall asleep at the end of Chapter XXIV?
(a) In the street.
(b) In a barrel.
(c) On the rug.
(d) In a bathtub.

11. Who does K. say he might be able to help medically?
(a) Hans' mother.
(b) The assistants.
(c) The landlord.
(d) Klamm.

12. What was the family forced to do?
(a) Move out of their house.
(b) Pay extra taxes to the Castle.
(c) Become unpaid servants to noblemen.
(d) Sell their cattle and horses.

13. When Amalia's father finally took action after their disgrace, what did he do?
(a) Petition the Castle.
(b) Talk to Sortini.
(c) Publically chastise the community.
(d) Publically plead for forgiveness.

14. What are Barnabas' parents doing when K. arrives at the house?
(a) Cleaning.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Talking loudly.
(d) Writing a letter.

15. What is Frieda doing when K. sees her at the Gentlemen's Inn?
(a) Cleaning the rooms.
(b) Carrying baggage for the guests.
(c) Serving drinks in the taproom.
(d) Cleaning tables in the taproom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the gentlemen in the Gentlemen's Inn do to call the landlord?

2. What was the family's response to being ostracized by the community?

3. Had other families been disgraced in the past?

4. How long does Barnabas have to wait for the letters he delivers?

5. Where do the letters Barnabas delivers come from?

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