1. K. decides when looking for the courtroom in “The First Hearing” to ask around for a carpenter named what?
(a) Willem
(b) Huld
(c) Titorelli
(d) Lanz.

2. The Usher’s Wife tells K. that yesterday, the Examining Magistrate sent the student to her with a gift of what in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?
(a) A box of chocolates
(b) A necklace
(c) A dozen roses
(d) Silk stockings

3. The first book in the courtroom that K. looks at in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices” is a book of what?
(a) Poetry
(b) Clothing advertisements
(c) Household chores
(d) Pornography

4. What does K. do before leaving Fraülein Bürstner’s room in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
(a) He kisses her
(b) He shouts angrily at her
(c) He spits at her
(d) He slaps her

5. 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?
(a) My steel-toed boots to kick them
(b) My pocketbook to pay them
(c) Some teacakes from my house
(d) My stick to beat them

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the student that the Usher’s Wife says has been pursuing her for some time in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?

2. 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”?

3. What woman is accosted in the courtroom in “The First Hearing”?

4. What is the Thrasher’s outfit made from in “The Thrasher”?

5. By what nickname does the narrator say K. used to refer to his uncle as in “His Uncle – Leni”?

(see the answer key)

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