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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is written on the piece of paper “in clumsy, childish handwriting” by the stairwell to the loft in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?
(a) Staircase to the Judge’s Secret Chambers
(b) Staircase to the Local Prison
(c) Staircase to the Court Offices
(d) Staircase to the Front Exit

2. How long does Herr Block say his trial has been going on in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?
(a) Over 5 years
(b) Over six months
(c) Over 2 years
(d) Over a year

3. What is the name of the strange guard that opens K.’s door when he rings for his breakfast in the beginning of “The Arrest”?
(a) Kaminer
(b) Willem
(c) Franz
(d) Kullych

4. What does K. do before leaving Fraülein Bürstner’s room in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
(a) He shouts angrily at her
(b) He slaps her
(c) He spits at her
(d) He kisses her

5. To whom does the Usher’s Wife say the books in the courtroom belong to in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?
(a) The Chief Clerk
(b) The Examining Magistrate
(c) The Usher
(d) The High Priest

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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. How many times is the knife twisted round after K. is stabbed in “The End”?

5. What does Herr Huld’s maid tell K. is the only way of escaping the legal problems K. is facing in “His Uncle – Leni”?

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