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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What public prosecutor does the Deputy Manager say is coming to his party in the beginning of “The First Hearing”?
(a) Rabensteiner
(b) Hasterer
(c) Dr. Huld
(d) Kaminer

2. K. tells the guards who are to be thrashed in “The Thrasher,” “I didn’t complain, I just said what had happened in my apartment. And your behavior wasn’t exactly” what?
(a) Irreproachable either
(b) Piteous either
(c) Empathetic either
(d) Commendable either

3. Which of the guards being thrashed says he has a family to feed in “The Thrasher”?
(a) Willem
(b) Rabensteiner
(c) Franz
(d) Kullych

4. The woman who moves in with Fraülein Bürstner holds what profession?
(a) She is a secretary
(b) She is a banker
(c) She is a teacher
(d) She is a lawyer

5. K. considers the Deputy Manager’s invitation to his party to be what, in “The First Hearing”?
(a) An olive branch
(b) An ironic twist
(c) A false invitation
(d) An inside joke

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does K. recall having said “that the court was attracted by guilt” in “The First Hearing”?

2. The supervisor who enters K.’s home after the guards in “The Arrest” tells him, “Think less about us and what is going to happen to you, think more about” what?

3. What does K. tell the messengers the sound is from when the guards scream as they’re beaten in “The Thrasher”?

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

5. What is K.’s first name in the novel?

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