1. K. points out to Fraülein Bürstner that Frau Grubach is dependent on him for what reason in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
(a) She’s borrowed a large sum of money from him
(b) She is his only heir
(c) He was a witness to a crime she committed
(d) She is desperate to marry his father

2. Which of the subordinate bank employees in “The Arrest” is described as “blond with deep-set eyes”?
(a) Kullich
(b) Willem
(c) Franz
(d) Rabensteiner

3. K. considers the Deputy Manager’s invitation to his party to be what, in “The First Hearing”?
(a) An olive branch
(b) A false invitation
(c) An ironic twist
(d) An inside joke

4. What word from “The First Hearing” refers to a vicious or depraved person?
(a) Miscreant
(b) Reprimand
(c) Petitioner
(d) Abolitionist

5. By what method of transportation does K. travel to work in the morning in “The Arrest”?
(a) By bus
(b) By taxi
(c) By train
(d) By bicycle

Short Answer Questions

1. When K. first deals with the guards on the morning of his birthday in “The Arrest,” he presumes that this might be a joke played on him by his friends where?

2. What is the name of Frau Grubach’s nephew?

3. What season is described in the opening of “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

4. The guards tell K. that they are hired to stand guard of him in his apartment how many hours a day in “The Arrest”?

5. Where does Frau Grubach say Fraülein Bürstner has gone in the evening when K. returns home in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

(see the answer key)

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