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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. It’s after what time when K. rings on Herr Huld’s door in the beginning of “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?
(a) Midnight
(b) 8
(c) 10
(d) 11

2. When does the Examining Magistrate in the courtroom say K. should have been there when K. arrives in “The First Hearing”?
(a) An hour and five minutes ago
(b) Two and a half hours ago
(c) Thirty minutes ago
(d) Two hours and ten minutes ago

3. Of the proceedings against him, K. tells the Examining Magistrate, “[L]et us say I do recognize them, out of” what?
(a) Pity
(b) Irony
(c) Redemption
(d) Fear

4. What word from “The Thrasher” refers to a dishonest, knavish person?
(a) Conquistador
(b) Rogue
(c) Protagonist
(d) Hector

5. Who does K. recall having said “that the court was attracted by guilt” in “The First Hearing”?
(a) Rabensteiner
(b) Dr. Huld
(c) Franz
(d) Willem

Short Answer Questions

1. The Examining Magistrate asks K. if he is what when he begins questioning him in “The First Hearing”?

2. Herr Block tells K. in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer” that Herr Huld has been handling his business affairs ever since he took it over how many years ago?

3. The Deputy Manager invites K. to a party where on the same day as K.’s hearing in the beginning of “The First Hearing”?

4. One of the guards being thrashed in “The Thrasher” says that he and his partner had prospects of being promoted to what position before getting into trouble?

5. K. decides when looking for the courtroom in “The First Hearing” to ask around for a carpenter named what?

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