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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices” refers to a person engaged in a lawsuit?
(a) Candidate
(b) Elucidate
(c) Liturgy
(d) Litigant

2. What season is described in the opening of “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
(a) Autumn
(b) Summer
(c) Spring
(d) Winter

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

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

5. Which of the guards being thrashed says he has a family to feed in “The Thrasher”?
(a) Rabensteiner
(b) Willem
(c) Kullych
(d) Franz

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. 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”?

3. What is written on the piece of paper “in clumsy, childish handwriting” by the stairwell to the loft in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?

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

5. In the ending of “The Thrasher,” K. waits to ensure he’s alone as he leaves his office, then goes home “weary and his mind” what?

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