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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What answer do K.'s assistants get when they call the Castle for permission to visit?

2. Why do the characters have trouble sleeping at the school?

3. What position does the chairman offer to K.?

4. Who is waiting with the gentleman for K.?

5. Why does K. step into a house on the way to the Castle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the coachman tell K. about Klamm's arrival at the coach?

2. What does K. suspect about Frieda, at the end of Chapter XII?

3. What happens when K. first wakes up the morning after meeting Frieda?

4. What does K. do to get fuel for a fire?

5. What does K. ask Frieda about when he first meets her?

6. What does K. call Artur and Jeremias and why?

7. How does K. feel at the end of Chapter VIII?

8. How does K. discover that Klamm is staying at the Gentlemen's Inn?

9. How does the Castle react to inquiries about K. when he first arrives?

10. What reason does the teacher give that the chairman wants to help K.?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss love in the novel.

1) Does K. love Frieda? How do you know? What is K.'s attitude toward love?

2) Does Frieda love K.? How do you know? What is Frieda's attitude toward love?

3) Do the characters in the novel love Klamm? How is their love for Klamm expressed, and how is it different from their love for each other? What does the landlady of the Bridge Inn's feelings for Klamm say about love?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of women in THE CASTLE.

1) What role does Amalia play in the novel? What is her role as a woman in the village's culture? How does she defy that role, and what are the consequences?

2) What role does Frieda play in the novel? Does she use her gender to gain a social advantage? How does the culture promote that behavior?

3) What role does the landlady play in the novel? What does her position say about the role of women in the society?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the ideas of deception and of using people in the novel.

1) Is K. misleading toward Hans when he offers to see if he can help Hans' mother? Does it matter what K.'s goal and intentions are?

2) Do K. and Frieda use each other? Do they deceive each other about their motives? Does it matter?

3) How does the culture of the village and the Castle encourage deception and using people?

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