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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subordinate bank employee is described in “The Arrest” as having an “intolerable smile caused by a chronic muscular spasm”?
(a) Kaminer
(b) Willem
(c) Kullych
(d) Franz

2. The guards tell K. that they are hired to stand guard of him in his apartment how many hours a day in “The Arrest”?
(a) 8
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 24

3. The defendant that K. speaks to in the Court Offices in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices” says he made several applications for evidence to be produced in his case when?
(a) A week ago
(b) Yesterday
(c) A year ago
(d) A month ago

4. Where does Fraülein Bürstner say Frau Grubach’s nephew is sleeping in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
(a) In the basement
(b) In the living room
(c) In the kitchen
(d) In the adjoining bedroom

5. When does the Examining Magistrate in the courtroom say K. should have been there when K. arrives in “The First Hearing”?
(a) Two hours and ten minutes ago
(b) Two and a half hours ago
(c) Thirty minutes ago
(d) An hour and five minutes ago

6. By what method of transportation does K. travel to work in the morning in “The Arrest”?
(a) By bicycle
(b) By bus
(c) By train
(d) By taxi

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

8. What is the Thrasher’s outfit made from in “The Thrasher”?
(a) Satin
(b) Silk
(c) Cotton
(d) Leather

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

10. The guards at K.’s house tell him that his jacket for the meeting with the supervisor must be what color in the beginning of “The Arrest”?
(a) Gray
(b) Blue
(c) Black
(d) White

11. The Usher tells K. as they pass through the waiting room of the Court Offices in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices,” “Most of the defendants are very” what?
(a) Anxious
(b) Sensitive
(c) Insensitive
(d) Judicial

12. Who does K. recall having said “that the court was attracted by guilt” in “The First Hearing”?
(a) Dr. Huld
(b) Franz
(c) Rabensteiner
(d) Willem

13. 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 Court Offices
(b) Staircase to the Front Exit
(c) Staircase to the Local Prison
(d) Staircase to the Judge’s Secret Chambers

14. The narrator states in the beginning of “The First Hearing” that “K. had been informed by telephone that a short hearing in his affair would take place” when?
(a) The next Tuesday
(b) The next Sunday
(c) The next Monday
(d) The next Thursday

15. At what time does K. plan to arrive at the courtroom on the day of his first hearing in “The First Hearing”?
(a) 8
(b) 9
(c) 7
(d) 6

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. What season is described in the opening of “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

3. What countries comprised the Central Powers in the beginning of World War I?

4. The narrator describes K. as generally staying at the office until what time in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

5. The Usher’s Wife tells K. that yesterday, the Examining Magistrate sent the student to her with a gift of what in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?

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