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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 Frieda say that K. wants from Hans' family?
(a) Access to the Castle.
(b) A place to stay for free.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Money.

2. What did the father do when the family's money ran out?
(a) He started trying to organize a revolt against the Castle.
(b) He camped out in front of the Castle gates.
(c) He started staying at home, not bathing, and pacing all day.
(d) He started writing angry letters to the Castle.

3. Who knocks on K.'s door at the beginning of Chapter XIII?
(a) One of the children of the master tanner.
(b) Barnabas.
(c) One of the workers from the Gentlemen's Inn.
(d) One of the assistants.

4. Who does Barnabas deliver a message from during Chapter XXI?
(a) Frieda.
(b) A castle guard.
(c) Klamm.
(d) One of Klamm's secretaries.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Amalia's father's profession?

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

3. What is the relationship between Schwarzer and Gisa?

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

5. What sometimes cures Buergel's insomnia?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why has Hans come to see K. and what is he supposed to be doing instead?

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

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

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

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

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

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