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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Erna said to be in “His Uncle – Leni”?
(a) 17
(b) 15
(c) 16
(d) 13

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

3. The first painting that K. examines with his electric torch in the cathedral shows a standard treatment of what scene?
(a) The Birth of Christ
(b) Moses parting the Red Sea
(c) The Entombment of Christ
(d) The Crucifixion of Christ

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) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 7

5. The portrait that Titorelli shows K. in his apartment first appears to K. to be a painting of what, in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”?
(a) A teacher
(b) A judge
(c) A doctor
(d) A priest

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter” that when K. visits Herr Huld, Huld’s maid always makes a point of doing what?

2. What does K. do before leaving Fraülein Bürstner’s room in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

3. How is the weather described on the day that K. goes to meet the Italian Businessman at the cathedral in “In the Cathedral”?

4. What part of Italy does the narrator say the Italian Businessman is from in “In the Cathedral”?

5. In the end of “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer,” Leni tells Block to leave what alone and listen to the lawyer?

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