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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what day of the week does K. return to the courtroom in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?
(a) Sunday
(b) Thursday
(c) Saturday
(d) Tuesday

2. How many flats does the Usher say the student has been kicked out of in this building for sneaking into them to chase women in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?
(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 2
(d) 10

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

4. What is the name of the second guard that tells K. that he’s under arrest in “The Arrest”?
(a) Willem
(b) Hasterer
(c) Kaminer
(d) Franz

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who moves into Fraülein Bürstner’s room with her in the course of the novel?

3. When he goes to demonstrate what happened this morning for Fraülein Bürstner in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach,” K. notes that what was hanging by the window in her room at the time of the inquiry?

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

5. When does Fraülein Bürstner say she’s starting work as a secretary at a lawyer’s office when speaking with K. in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

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