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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of the guards being thrashed in “The Thrasher” tells K. that “it’s a tradition that” what “goes to the guards”?
(a) The landlady
(b) Breakfast
(c) The linen
(d) The coffers

2. Where does K. see Kaminer on his way to the courtroom in “The First Hearing”?
(a) At the library
(b) At a café
(c) On a bus
(d) On a train

3. What word from “The First Hearing” refers to a child’s apron or woman’s sleeveless garment worn over a dress?
(a) Doublet
(b) Pantaloon
(c) Pinafore
(d) Petticoat

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What character is described in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach” as a girl “who worked serving in a wine-bar during the night and well into the morning, and during the daytime only received visitors from her bed”?

2. In the ending of “The Thrasher,” K. waits to ensure he’s alone as he leaves his office, then goes home “weary and his mind” what?

3. 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”?

4. The woman who moves in with Fraülein Bürstner holds what profession?

5. 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?

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