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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. 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”?
(a) English
(b) Latin
(c) French
(d) German
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?
(a) Justice
(b) His truth
(c) His sins
(d) His innocence
3. 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) Examining Magistrates
(b) Thrashers
(c) Court Ushers
(d) Jury Members
4. What name, meaning the servants of an army, does K. call the Examining Magistrate and the others of the courtroom as he exits in “The First Hearing”?
(a) Rubes
(b) Court-royals
(c) Jesters
(d) Blackguards
5. K. considers the Deputy Manager’s invitation to his party to be what, in “The First Hearing”?
(a) A false invitation
(b) An olive branch
(c) An inside joke
(d) An ironic twist
Short Answer Questions
1. What word from “The First Hearing” refers to a child’s apron or woman’s sleeveless garment worn over a dress?
2. Whose claim that his fiancée is waiting for him outside turns out to be a lie in “The Thrasher”?
3. K. tells the guards who are to be thrashed in “The Thrasher,” “I didn’t complain, I just said what had happened in my apartment. And your behavior wasn’t exactly” what?
4. To whom does K. say in “The Thrasher,” “It’s about time you cleared out that lumber-room. We’re drowning in filth”?
5. On what street is K.’s courtroom said to be located in “The First Hearing”?
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