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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. Herr Block tells K. in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer” that waiting is not pointless. “The only thing that is pointless is” what?
(a) Entering a plea of innocence
(b) Hiring a lawyer
(c) Entering a plea of guilty
(d) Acting on your own initiative
2. K. decides when looking for the courtroom in “The First Hearing” to ask around for a carpenter named what?
(a) Titorelli
(b) Lanz.
(c) Huld
(d) Willem
3. What woman is accosted in the courtroom in “The First Hearing”?
(a) Fraülein Bürstner
(b) The Usher’s Wife
(c) The Manufacturer’s Wife
(d) Leni
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?
(a) Thrashers
(b) Examining Magistrates
(c) Jury Members
(d) Court Ushers
5. What word from “The First Hearing” refers to a vicious or depraved person?
(a) Reprimand
(b) Abolitionist
(c) Miscreant
(d) Petitioner
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the guards being thrashed says he has a family to feed in “The Thrasher”?
2. Herr Block says in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer,” “I will remind you of the old axiom: ‘For a suspect, movement is better than staying still, for someone who is still can always, without realizing it, be in the scales and be weighed with’” what?
3. How many unregistered lawyers does Herr Block say he has working on his case in addition to Herr Huld in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?
4. 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?
5. The Examining Magistrate asks K. if he is what when he begins questioning him in “The First Hearing”?
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