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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose claim that his fiancée is waiting for him outside turns out to be a lie in “The Thrasher”?
(a) Titorelli’s
(b) Franz’s
(c) Kullych’s
(d) Willem’s

2. What word from “The Thrasher” refers to a dishonest, knavish person?
(a) Protagonist
(b) Rogue
(c) Conquistador
(d) Hector

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

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

5. At what time does Fraülein Bürstner return home in the evening as K. waits for her arrival in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
(a) 11:30
(b) 11:00
(c) 12:00
(d) 1:30

6. What do the guards offer to fetch for K. “for a small sum of money” in “The Arrest”?
(a) Breakfast
(b) His landlady
(c) Lunch
(d) His clothing

7. What countries comprised the Allied Powers in the beginning of World War I?
(a) France, Spain, and Germany
(b) The United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire
(c) Germany and Austria-Hungary
(d) Japan, Israel, and the Russian Empire

8. 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”?
(a) Next week
(b) Tomorrow
(c) Next month
(d) Next year

9. What does K. drink shots of from his wall cabinet while the guards watch him in the beginning of “The Arrest”?
(a) Schnapps
(b) Vodka
(c) Whiskey
(d) Gin

10. 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) Kullych
(b) Willem
(c) Franz
(d) Kaminer

11. 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) Blue
(b) Gray
(c) White
(d) Black

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

13. What word used in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices” refers to a complete change of form, structure, or substance?
(a) Metamorphosis
(b) Parity
(c) Stasis
(d) Equipoise

14. The second book that K. examines in the courtroom in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices” is a novel titled what?
(a) The Trial
(b) The Torrential Downpour upon the Ungrateful and Unworthy
(c) Little Women
(d) The Torments Grete Had to Suffer from her Husband Hans

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the student that the Usher’s Wife says has been pursuing her for some time in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?

2. What is the Thrasher’s outfit made from in “The Thrasher”?

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

4. What woman is accosted in the courtroom in “The First Hearing”?

5. Where does K. see Kaminer on his way to the courtroom in “The First Hearing”?

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