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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. When did World War I begin?
(a) June 30, 1915
(b) July 28, 1914
(c) January 16, 1912
(d) September 2, 1911

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

3. Of the proceedings against him, K. tells the Examining Magistrate, “[L]et us say I do recognize them, out of” what?
(a) Fear
(b) Pity
(c) Redemption
(d) Irony

4. At what time does Fraülein Bürstner return home in the evening as K. waits for her arrival in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
(a) 12:00
(b) 11:00
(c) 11:30
(d) 1:30

5. What countries comprised the Central Powers in the beginning of World War I?
(a) Japan, Israel, and the Russian Empire
(b) The United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire
(c) Germany and Austria-Hungary
(d) France, Spain, and Germany

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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”?

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

4. What subordinate bank employee is described in “The Arrest” as having an “intolerable smile caused by a chronic muscular spasm”?

5. What is the name of Frau Grubach’s nephew?

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