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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. How was Amalia's father punished for her disobedience?

2. What is Erlanger doing when K. first sees him?

3. How does the landlord react to seeing K. in the corridor at the Gentlemen's Inn?

4. What did Sortini order Amalia to do in his letter?

5. What sometimes cures Buergel's insomnia?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did the townspeople do after Amalia's disobedience became known?

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

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

8. How does Frieda initially react to K.'s explanation of his relationship with Barnabas' family?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the setting of the novel.

1) Discuss the Castle as part of the setting of the novel. Why does the reader never visit the inside of the Castle? How does the reader learn about the Castle? What does the appearance and structure of the Castle say about it and about the village?

2) How does the setting of the village influence the novel?

3) Why do the inns become a major part of the novel's setting? What is the importance of the two inns in the novel?

4) What significance does the schoolhouse have as a setting?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the town's acceptance of K. as a stranger.

1) How do the people in the town feel about strangers and outsiders? What is the culture's attitude toward outsiders?

2) In what ways does K. become accepted in the town? What role does his relationship with the Castle play in his acceptance? What role does his engagement to Frieda play in his acceptance?

3) In what ways does K. remain an outsider in the town? Is K. responsible for remaining an outsider, and to what extent?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss communication in the novel.

1) How does Klamm communicate with K. in the novels? What are the problems in this communication?

2) Can K. and Frieda truly communicate with each other in the novel? What are the stumbling blocks to communication between them?

3) How do the means of communication used by the Castle, such as the phone and messengers, emphasize its bureaucracy and its disconnectedness from reality? What role does communication play in the Castle's bureaucracy?

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