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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In the Cathedral.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word refers to a fictional society that is in some important way undesirable or frightening?
(a) Utopia
(b) Malfunction
(c) Dystopia
(d) Malatopia

2. 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”?
(a) Franz
(b) Bertold
(c) Hasterer
(d) Willem

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

4. At what time does K. arrive at his office when he is to show the Italian Businessman around the city in “In the Cathedral”?
(a) 7
(b) 5
(c) 4
(d) 6

5. How long does Herr Block say his trial has been going on in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?
(a) Over a year
(b) Over 5 years
(c) Over 2 years
(d) Over six months

Short Answer Questions

1. The Thrasher tells K. when he discovers him getting ready to beat the guards, “You shouldn’t believe everything they say. Their fear of being beaten has made them a little” what?

2. 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?

3. The narrator states in the beginning of “The First Hearing” that “K. had been informed by telephone that a short hearing in his affair would take place” when?

4. What name, meaning the servants of an army, does K. call the Examining Magistrate and the others of the courtroom as he exits in “The First Hearing”?

5. To whom does the Usher’s Wife say the books in the courtroom belong to in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?

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