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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When he goes to demonstrate what happened this morning for Fraülein Bürstner in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach,” K. notes that what was hanging by the window in her room at the time of the inquiry?
(a) A coat
(b) A blouse
(c) A curtain
(d) A hat

3. Which of the subordinate bank employees in “The Arrest” is described as “stiff, swinging his arms” and apathetic?
(a) Kaminer
(b) Rabensteiner
(c) Willem
(d) Franz

4. The Deputy Manager invites K. to a party where on the same day as K.’s hearing in the beginning of “The First Hearing”?
(a) At the office
(b) At his church
(c) At his estate
(d) On his yacht

5. What is K.’s position at the bank where he works in the novel?
(a) President
(b) Morning desk clerk
(c) Vice-President
(d) Chief Financial Officer

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the subordinate bank employees in “The Arrest” is described as “blond with deep-set eyes”?

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

4. 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?

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

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