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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How long does Herr Block say his trial has been going on in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?
(a) Over 2 years
(b) Over 5 years
(c) Over a year
(d) Over six months
2. On what street is K.’s courtroom said to be located in “The First Hearing”?
(a) Ringstrasse
(b) Juliusstrasse
(c) Friedrichstrasse
(d) Kopenhagener Strasse
3. When does the Examining Magistrate in the courtroom say K. should have been there when K. arrives in “The First Hearing”?
(a) Two and a half hours ago
(b) Two hours and ten minutes ago
(c) An hour and five minutes ago
(d) Thirty minutes ago
4. Herr Huld tells K. in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer” that his maid finds almost all of whom attractive?
(a) The priests
(b) The judges
(c) The carpenters
(d) The defendants
5. When K. is met by scowling children on his way up the stairs to the courtroom in “The First Hearing,” he thinks to himself, “If I have to come here again, I’ll either have to bring some sweets, to win them over, or” what?
(a) My stick to beat them
(b) My pocketbook to pay them
(c) Some teacakes from my house
(d) My steel-toed boots to kick them
Short Answer Questions
1. The Thrasher tells K. when he discovers him getting ready to beat the guards, “You shouldn’t believe everything they say. Their fear of being beaten has made them a little” what?
2. Which of the guards being thrashed says he has a family to feed in “The Thrasher”?
3. One of the guards being thrashed in “The Thrasher” tells K. that “it’s a tradition that” what “goes to the guards”?
4. Describing his early submissions in his trial, Herr Block tells K. that much of it was written in what language in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?
5. What sound is described in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer” as signifying the start of one’s trial?
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