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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from “The Thrasher” means to secure or bring about by force?
(a) Arbitrate
(b) Impede
(c) Obstruct
(d) Compel

2. What season is described in the opening of “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
(a) Summer
(b) Autumn
(c) Winter
(d) Spring

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

4. 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?
(a) Clothing advertisements
(b) Household chores
(c) Poetry
(d) Pornography

5. 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 spits at her
(d) He kisses her

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Deputy Manager invites K. to a party where on the same day as K.’s hearing in the beginning of “The First Hearing”?

3. When K. first deals with the guards on the morning of his birthday in “The Arrest,” he presumes that this might be a joke played on him by his friends where?

4. How old is Erna said to be in “His Uncle – Leni”?

5. How is Erna related to K.’s Uncle Karl?

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