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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 does K. say about Amalia's attractiveness?

2. What health concern does Amalia's father have?

3. Which of Barnabas's siblings is at the house when K. arrives?

4. Who knocks on K.'s door at the beginning of Chapter XIII?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Prestige is an important element of culture in the village surrounding the Castle. Discuss the role of prestige in the novel.

1) What increases or decreases prestige in the novel?

2) Which characters value prestige and which do not?

3) What role does prestige play in the material position of the characters? Do the characters benefit by prestige?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss insults in the novel.

1) Amalia perceives the letter she receives as an insult. Why does she have this perception? How does she respond to it? Could it be interpreted in any other way? Would the rest of the culture see the letter as an insult?

2) Amalia insults both the official and the secretary when she tears up the letter and throws it at the secretary. How do their feelings of being insulted compare to Amalia's? What are the consequences of both insults?

3) In what other situations do characters feel insulted? What are the causes and results of insults, and what role does this play in the culture of the village?

Essay Topic 3

Obedience is an important aspect of the characters' lives in the village. Discuss the role of obedience in the novel.

1) To whom are the characters in the novel obedient or disobedient?

2) What happens to characters who disobey authority in the novel? For what reasons do the characters disobey authority?

3) Why does the culture in the story value obedience?

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