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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Thrasher.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name, meaning the servants of an army, does K. call the Examining Magistrate and the others of the courtroom as he exits in “The First Hearing”?
(a) Rubes
(b) Blackguards
(c) Jesters
(d) Court-royals

2. The narrator describes K. as generally staying at the office until what time in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
(a) 8
(b) 10
(c) 9
(d) 11

3. What do the guards offer to fetch for K. “for a small sum of money” in “The Arrest”?
(a) Lunch
(b) Breakfast
(c) His clothing
(d) His landlady

4. What does K. drink shots of from his wall cabinet while the guards watch him in the beginning of “The Arrest”?
(a) Vodka
(b) Schnapps
(c) Gin
(d) Whiskey

5. Which of the guards does the Thrasher say got fat from eating breakfasts at all his arrests in “The Thrasher”?
(a) Franz
(b) Hasterer
(c) Willem
(d) Kullych

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Speaking to the Usher’s Wife, K. tells her, “You could tell the examining magistrate, or anyone else who likes spreading important news, that none of the many tricks these gentlemen presumably have up their sleeves will ever persuade me to” what?

4. What woman is accosted in the courtroom in “The First Hearing”?

5. At what time does Fraülein Bürstner return home in the evening as K. waits for her arrival in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

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