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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through His Uncle - Leni.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The woman who moves in with Fraülein Bürstner holds what profession?
(a) She is a secretary
(b) She is a banker
(c) She is a teacher
(d) She is a lawyer

2. What is K.’s first name in the novel?
(a) Peter
(b) Franz
(c) James
(d) Josef

3. What character is described in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach” as a girl “who worked serving in a wine-bar during the night and well into the morning, and during the daytime only received visitors from her bed”?
(a) Fraülein Bürstner
(b) Leni
(c) Frau Grubach
(d) Elsa

4. In the letter from Erna to Uncle Karl, she writes that she visited K. at the bank but wasn’t allowed to see him because he was busy. How long does Erna say she waited?
(a) Almost an hour
(b) Almost two hours
(c) Three hours
(d) Almost a whole day

5. The Usher tells K. as they pass through the waiting room of the Court Offices in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices,” “Most of the defendants are very” what?
(a) Judicial
(b) Anxious
(c) Insensitive
(d) Sensitive

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Uncle Karl says to K. in “His Uncle – Leni,” “Do you want to lose the trial? Do you know what that means? That means you’ll simply be” what?

3. On what day of the week does K. return to the courtroom in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?

4. What word from “The First Hearing” refers to a child’s apron or woman’s sleeveless garment worn over a dress?

5. When K. leaves Fräulein Bürstner’s room at the end of “A Conversation with Frau Grubach,” he thinks “for a while about the way he had behaved; he was” what?

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