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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many flats does the Usher say the student has been kicked out of in this building for sneaking into them to chase women in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?
(a) 10
(b) 5
(c) 2
(d) 3

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

3. To whom does the Usher’s Wife say the books in the courtroom belong to in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?
(a) The Usher
(b) The High Priest
(c) The Chief Clerk
(d) The Examining Magistrate

4. The first book in the courtroom that K. looks at in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices” is a book of what?
(a) Clothing advertisements
(b) Pornography
(c) Poetry
(d) Household chores

5. The narrator states in the beginning of “The First Hearing” that “K. had been informed by telephone that a short hearing in his affair would take place” when?
(a) The next Tuesday
(b) The next Sunday
(c) The next Monday
(d) The next Thursday

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the student that the Usher’s Wife says has been pursuing her for some time in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?

2. Where does Fraülein Bürstner say Frau Grubach’s nephew is sleeping in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

3. When K. is met by scowling children on his way up the stairs to the courtroom in “The First Hearing,” he thinks to himself, “If I have to come here again, I’ll either have to bring some sweets, to win them over, or” what?

4. What public prosecutor does the Deputy Manager say is coming to his party in the beginning of “The First Hearing”?

5. When did World War I begin?

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