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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. 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”?
(a) Bertold
(b) Willem
(c) Franz
(d) Hasterer

2. 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

3. It is K.’s birthday in the opening of “The Arrest.” How old is K. turning?
(a) 30
(b) 28
(c) 32
(d) 31

4. What is the name of Frau Grubach’s nephew?
(a) Lanz
(b) Hasterer
(c) Leni
(d) Rabensteiner

5. What subordinate bank employee is described in “The Arrest” as having an “intolerable smile caused by a chronic muscular spasm”?
(a) Kaminer
(b) Kullych
(c) Franz
(d) Willem

Short Answer Questions

1. What is K.’s position at the bank where he works in the novel?

2. The Usher’s Wife tells K. that yesterday, the Examining Magistrate sent the student to her with a gift of what in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?

3. What does K. do before leaving Fraülein Bürstner’s room in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

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

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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