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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. What does Jeremias do after hearing the contents of the letter?
(a) Runs off toward the meeting place.
(b) Attacks K.
(c) Attacks Barnabas.
(d) Takes the letter and tears it up.

2. What does K. take when he leaves Olga's house?
(a) A knife.
(b) A willow switch.
(c) A heavy vase.
(d) A rock.

3. What does Frieda think K. might be using her for?
(a) To get to Klamm.
(b) To get accepted by the local families.
(c) To get money.
(d) To get revenge.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Barnabas' parents doing when K. arrives at the house?

2. What was the family looking at when Sortini approached Amalia?

3. Why does K. go to see Barnabas in Chapter XV?

4. What type of interrogations does Buergel say are best for the person being interrogated?

5. Who has saved K.'s job as janitor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Frieda afraid might happen to he if her mother's warnings are right?

4. What reason does Amalia give K. that he will have to come visit them more often?

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

6. What does Barnabas say about Klamm's appearance?

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

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

9. How does K. respond to what Barnabas tells him about the Castle?

10. What happens to Jeremias and Artur when they are not together?

(see the answer keys)

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