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

2. Why does K. go to see Barnabas in Chapter XV?
(a) Because he suspects that Barnabas knows a secret way to get to Klamm.
(b) Because he hasn't heard from Barnabas about his message to Klamm.
(c) Because he has a new message for Barnabas to deliver.
(d) Because he wants to hire Barnabas to do a secret errand.

3. Who gives Barnabas the letters he is supposed to deliver?
(a) Klamm's private secretary.
(b) Klamm.
(c) A clerk.
(d) A military officer.

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

5. How long does Barnabas have to wait for the letters he delivers?
(a) Never more than a few minutes.
(b) Usually a half hour to an hour.
(c) A long time, sometimes days.
(d) At most, several hours.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Erlanger ask from K.?

3. What does Buergel do when K. stumbles into his room?

4. What does K. say about Olga's attractiveness?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where do Jeremias and Frieda go to work after K. leaves?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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