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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. How easy does K. think it will be to win Frieda back?
(a) He thinks it will only take a few words from him.
(b) He thinks he will have to beg her and show his worth.
(c) He thinks it will be impossible.
(d) He thinks it will be very difficult, and he'll have to make tough concessions.

2. What does K. say about his plan in dealing with Hans?
(a) Both he and Hans will benefit from it.
(b) Hans will be the winner from the plan, and at least K. will not lose anything.
(c) K. will be the winner from the plan, and at least Hans will not lose anything.
(d) He doesn't mind harming Hans, as long as he gets what he wants.

3. What did Sortini order Amalia to do in his letter?
(a) Come to the Gentlemen's Inn.
(b) Meet him at the festival.
(c) Meet him in the schoolhouse.
(d) Come to the Castle.

4. What was the family's response to being ostracized by the community?
(a) To write letters to the Castle.
(b) To do nothing.
(c) To complain constantly to whoever would listen.
(d) To snub the most prominent members of the community.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who knocks on K.'s door at the beginning of Chapter XIII?

2. What did Frieda's mother warn her about K.?

3. What crime had the Castle formally charged the family with?

4. How effective is bribing Castle officials?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What reasons does Buergel give against forbidding interrogations at night?

4. When does K. plan on visiting Hans' mother?

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

6. How long does K. need to wait to see Erlanger?

7. What is Frieda doing for Jeremias at the end of Chapter XXII?

8. Why does K. stay in the corridor after his meeting with Erlanger?

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

10. What did Sortini do when Amalia's family approached him?

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