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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 word from “The First Hearing” refers to a child’s apron or woman’s sleeveless garment worn over a dress?
(a) Pinafore
(b) Doublet
(c) Pantaloon
(d) Petticoat

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

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

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?
(a) The Usher's Wife
(b) Fräulein Bürstner
(c) Frau Block
(d) Fraülein Montag

5. What is the name of the strange guard that opens K.’s door when he rings for his breakfast in the beginning of “The Arrest”?
(a) Franz
(b) Willem
(c) Kaminer
(d) Kullych

Short Answer Questions

1. What countries comprised the Central Powers in the beginning of World War I?

2. What is the name of the second guard that tells K. that he’s under arrest in “The Arrest”?

3. What do the guards offer to fetch for K. “for a small sum of money” in “The Arrest”?

4. 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”?

5. At what time does K. plan to arrive at the courtroom on the day of his first hearing in “The First Hearing”?

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