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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. K. considers the Deputy Manager’s invitation to his party to be what, in “The First Hearing”?
(a) An inside joke
(b) An ironic twist
(c) A false invitation
(d) An olive branch

2. Where does K. see Rabensteiner and Kullich on his way to the hearing in “The First Hearing”?
(a) At the library
(b) On a train
(c) At a café
(d) On a bus

3. How many messengers are said to still be “working in dispatch in the little circle from a lamp” at K.’s offices in the beginning of “The Thrasher” as he leaves work?
(a) 2
(b) 5
(c) 4
(d) 3

4. On what street is K.’s courtroom said to be located in “The First Hearing”?
(a) Juliusstrasse
(b) Friedrichstrasse
(c) Kopenhagener Strasse
(d) Ringstrasse

5. At what time does K. plan to arrive at the courtroom on the day of his first hearing in “The First Hearing”?
(a) 7
(b) 6
(c) 9
(d) 8

Short Answer Questions

1. What does K. find when he opens the door in his office the second time where he’d previously seen the thrasher and the guards in “The Thrasher”?

2. Herr Huld tells K. in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer” that his maid finds almost all of whom attractive?

3. Who does K. recall having said “that the court was attracted by guilt” in “The First Hearing”?

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

5. How long does Herr Block say his trial has been going on in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?

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