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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the letters Barnabas delivers come from?
(a) A machine.
(b) A clerk who writes letters all day.
(c) A stack of old letters.
(d) A mysterious unseen person inside an office.

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

3. 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 friendly but not pretty.
(d) She is pretty but not friendly.

4. What does Erlanger ask from K.?
(a) That K. stop seeing Barnabas's family.
(b) That Frieda return to her post.
(c) That K. leave the town.
(d) That Jeremias return to the Castle.

5. What is Erlanger doing when K. first sees him?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Talking on the phone.
(c) Reading.
(d) Writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sometimes cures Buergel's insomnia?

2. What does K. say about his plan in dealing with Hans?

3. What does Jeremias do after hearing the contents of the letter?

4. How effective is bribing Castle officials?

5. Why does Barnabas want the job of messenger?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Buergel say might happen at a meeting in the middle of the night?

2. What did Olga do to try to remove her family's disgrace?

3. What does Amalia accuse K. of using Barnabas for?

4. What does K. hope that Barnabas' good news was?

5. How does K. answer Frieda's mother's objections about him?

6. What reason does Erlanger give K. the request Erlanger is making during the meeting?

7. How does Frieda initially react to K.'s explanation of his relationship with Barnabas' family?

8. At what event does Amalia's family's disgrace begin?

9. What does Barnabas' family think about his job with the Castle?

10. What was Amalia's father hoping for at his work, before the family's disgrace?

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