1. What does K. do before leaving Fraülein Bürstner’s room in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
(a) He shouts angrily at her
(b) He spits at her
(c) He kisses her
(d) He slaps her

2. The supervisor who enters K.’s home after the guards in “The Arrest” tells him, “Think less about us and what is going to happen to you, think more about” what?
(a) Yourself instead
(b) Your wife
(c) Your employees
(d) Your family

3. What is the name of the second guard that tells K. that he’s under arrest in “The Arrest”?
(a) Hasterer
(b) Willem
(c) Franz
(d) Kaminer

4. What woman is accosted in the courtroom in “The First Hearing”?
(a) Leni
(b) The Usher’s Wife
(c) The Manufacturer’s Wife
(d) Fraülein Bürstner

5. At what time does K. plan to arrive at the courtroom on the day of his first hearing in “The First Hearing”?
(a) 7
(b) 9
(c) 6
(d) 8

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. K. considers the Deputy Manager’s invitation to his party to be what, in “The First Hearing”?

3. Which of the subordinate bank employees in “The Arrest” is described as “stiff, swinging his arms” and apathetic?

4. When did World War I begin?

5. Whose cook is said to bring K. his breakfast around eight every morning in “The Arrest”?

(see the answer key)

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