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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Examining Magistrate asks K. if he is what when he begins questioning him in “The First Hearing”?
(a) A bus driver and teacher
(b) A painter and decorator
(c) A teacher and scholar
(d) A cab driver and mechanic

2. 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”?
(a) Leni
(b) Elsa
(c) Frau Grubach
(d) Fraülein Bürstner

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 landlady
(d) His clothing

4. The Thrasher tells K. when he discovers him getting ready to beat the guards, “You shouldn’t believe everything they say. Their fear of being beaten has made them a little” what?
(a) Feeble-minded
(b) Desperate
(c) Incomprehensible
(d) Cowardly

5. What is the name of the man from the state prosecution office that K. tells the supervisor is his friend in “The Arrest”?
(a) Kaminer
(b) Kullych
(c) Block
(d) Hasterer

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Frau Grubach say Fraülein Bürstner has gone in the evening when K. returns home in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

3. What word from “The First Hearing” refers to a child’s apron or woman’s sleeveless garment worn over a dress?

4. One of the guards being thrashed in “The Thrasher” says that he and his partner had prospects of being promoted to what position before getting into trouble?

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

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