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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the end of “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer,” Leni tells Block to leave what alone and listen to the lawyer?
(a) The sheepskin rug
(b) The curtain rods
(c) The handkerchief
(d) The dog by his feet

2. It is K.’s birthday in the opening of “The Arrest.” How old is K. turning?
(a) 30
(b) 32
(c) 31
(d) 28

3. Who moves into Fraülein Bürstner’s room with her in the course of the novel?
(a) Fraülein Montag
(b) Frau Grubach
(c) The Manufacturer
(d) Rabensteiner

4. By what name does Uncle Karl introduce himself to Herr Huld when he and K. arrive at Huld’s home in “His Uncle – Leni”?
(a) James
(b) Albert
(c) Bertold
(d) Roger

5. Of the proceedings against him, K. tells the Examining Magistrate, “[L]et us say I do recognize them, out of” what?
(a) Irony
(b) Pity
(c) Redemption
(d) Fear

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many messengers are said to still be “working in dispatch in the little circle from a lamp” at K.’s offices in the beginning of “The Thrasher” as he leaves work?

3. K. understands that it is his duty to do what with the knife in “The End”?

4. What word from “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer” means characterized by sickly sentimentality?

5. What word from “The End” means highly offensive or hateful?

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