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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Uncle Karl know Huld from?
(a) The lecture circuit
(b) Church
(c) School
(d) The military

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) Hasterer
(b) Franz
(c) Bertold
(d) Willem

3. What is Frau Grubach’s relationship to K.?
(a) She is his aunt
(b) She is his niece
(c) She is his landlady
(d) She is his mother

4. Describing Block, Herr Huld says in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer,” “True, as a person he’s unpleasant, has no manners and is grubby, but as far as his trial’s concerned, he’s” what?
(a) Responsible
(b) Contemptible
(c) Impeccable
(d) Arbitrary

5. 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?
(a) Feeble-minded
(b) Incomprehensible
(c) Desperate
(d) Cowardly

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the proceedings against him, K. tells the Examining Magistrate, “[L]et us say I do recognize them, out of” what?

2. What do the two guards do with K.’s breakfast when it arrives in “The Arrest”?

3. By what name does Uncle Karl introduce himself to Herr Huld when he and K. arrive at Huld’s home in “His Uncle – Leni”?

4. When does Fraülein Bürstner say she’s starting work as a secretary at a lawyer’s office when speaking with K. in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

5. What word from “The First Hearing” refers to a child’s apron or woman’s sleeveless garment worn over a dress?

(see the answer key)

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