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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 did Frieda's mother warn her about K.?
(a) That K. was manipulative and ambitious.
(b) That K. was violent and abusive.
(c) That K. was drunken and sullen.
(d) That K. was lazy and stubborn.

2. Does Olga think her family could have restored their position in the village?
(a) Yes, if the Castle had intervened
(b) No, because of Sortini's high position.
(c) No, because of the particularly wrong they committed.
(d) Yes, if they had tried to get in the village's good graces.

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

4. Had other families been disgraced in the past?
(a) Yes, and they had not recovered.
(b) Yes, and they had recovered.
(c) No, it had never happened before.
(d) No, except for a rumored family long ago that may not exist.

5. What do the gentlemen in the Gentlemen's Inn do to call the landlord?
(a) They ring electrc bells.
(b) They yell down the stairs.
(c) They send their secretaries to get him.
(d) They blow a whistle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who led the family toward Sortini when they saw him approaching?

2. Who tells K. the story of how their family became disparaged in the community?

3. What does K. take when he leaves Olga's house?

4. What type of apprenticeship does Barnabas have?

5. When Amalia's father finally took action after their disgrace, what did he do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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