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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. Which of the guards does the Thrasher say got fat from eating breakfasts at all his arrests in “The Thrasher”?
(a) Franz
(b) Kullych
(c) Hasterer
(d) Willem

2. What word from “The First Hearing” refers to a child’s apron or woman’s sleeveless garment worn over a dress?
(a) Pantaloon
(b) Petticoat
(c) Doublet
(d) Pinafore

3. Describing Block, Herr Huld says in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer,” “True, as a person he’s unpleasant, has no manners and is grubby, but as far as his trial’s concerned, he’s” what?
(a) Responsible
(b) Impeccable
(c) Arbitrary
(d) Contemptible

4. 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?
(a) Feeble-minded
(b) Incomprehensible
(c) Cowardly
(d) Desperate

5. What word from “The Thrasher” means to secure or bring about by force?
(a) Obstruct
(b) Arbitrate
(c) Impede
(d) Compel

Short Answer Questions

1. In the end of “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer,” Leni tells Block to leave what alone and listen to the lawyer?

2. 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?

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

4. What word from “The First Hearing” refers to a vicious or depraved person?

5. Whose claim that his fiancée is waiting for him outside turns out to be a lie in “The Thrasher”?

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