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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The First Hearing.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What countries comprised the Allied Powers in the beginning of World War I?
(a) France, Spain, and Germany
(b) Japan, Israel, and the Russian Empire
(c) The United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire
(d) Germany and Austria-Hungary

2. Where does Frau Grubach say Fraülein Bürstner has gone in the evening when K. returns home in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
(a) To the theatre
(b) To a jazz bar
(c) To her lover’s house
(d) To church

3. K. decides when looking for the courtroom in “The First Hearing” to ask around for a carpenter named what?
(a) Huld
(b) Titorelli
(c) Willem
(d) Lanz.

4. When did World War I begin?
(a) September 2, 1911
(b) June 30, 1915
(c) January 16, 1912
(d) July 28, 1914

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does K. see Rabensteiner and Kullich on his way to the hearing in “The First Hearing”?

2. The next room to K.’s in “The Arrest” has been taken by “a typist, who went off to work very early and came back late.” What is this character’s name?

3. On what street is K.’s courtroom said to be located in “The First Hearing”?

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

5. When Fraülein Bürstner looks around her room for any signs of disorder after returning home, she remarks that what “have been messed up” in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

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