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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. K. hears groans coming from behind a door in his office building that “he had always assumed, without having actually seen it himself, that there was nothing but” what, in “The Thrasher”?
(a) A lumber-room
(b) Stairs to the attic
(c) Stairs to the basement
(d) A chimney exit

2. When he goes to demonstrate what happened this morning for Fraülein Bürstner in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach,” K. notes that what was hanging by the window in her room at the time of the inquiry?
(a) A coat
(b) A blouse
(c) A curtain
(d) A hat

3. 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?
(a) Uncomfortable but serene
(b) Worried sick about it
(c) Satisfied with it
(d) Deeply troubled by it

4. Who does K. recall having said “that the court was attracted by guilt” in “The First Hearing”?
(a) Rabensteiner
(b) Franz
(c) Dr. Huld
(d) Willem

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is K.’s position at the bank where he works in the novel?

3. How many messengers are said to still be “working in dispatch in the little circle from a lamp” at K.’s offices in the beginning of “The Thrasher” as he leaves work?

4. K. points out to Fraülein Bürstner that Frau Grubach is dependent on him for what reason in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

5. What word from “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices” means to break away from constituted authority?

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