2. When K. leaves Fräulein Bürstner’s room at the end of “A Conversation with Frau Grubach,” he thinks “for a while about the way he had behaved; he was” what?
(a) Uncomfortable but serene
(b) Satisfied with it
(c) Worried sick about it
(d) Deeply troubled by it

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

4. 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”?
(a) Franz
(b) Hasterer
(c) Bertold
(d) Willem

5. 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?
(a) A blouse
(b) A coat
(c) A curtain
(d) A hat

6. What word from “The First Hearing” refers to a vicious or depraved person?
(a) Reprimand
(b) Miscreant
(c) Petitioner
(d) Abolitionist

7. What does K. say repeatedly to the woman and man who help him out of the Court Offices in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?
(a) Don’t touch me
(b) I need to see the Usher
(c) Thank you very much
(d) Call the Examining Magistrate

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

9. The woman who moves in with Fraülein Bürstner holds what profession?
(a) She is a lawyer
(b) She is a teacher
(c) She is a secretary
(d) She is a banker

10. Which of the guards does the Thrasher say got fat from eating breakfasts at all his arrests in “The Thrasher”?
(a) Franz
(b) Hasterer
(c) Kullych
(d) Willem

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) Judicial
(b) Insensitive
(c) Sensitive
(d) Anxious

12. Where does K. see Kaminer on his way to the courtroom in “The First Hearing”?
(a) At a café
(b) At the library
(c) On a bus
(d) On a train

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

14. K. decides when looking for the courtroom in “The First Hearing” to ask around for a carpenter named what?
(a) Huld
(b) Lanz.
(c) Willem
(d) Titorelli

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Speaking to the Usher’s Wife, K. tells her, “You could tell the examining magistrate, or anyone else who likes spreading important news, that none of the many tricks these gentlemen presumably have up their sleeves will ever persuade me to” what?

2. K. points out to Fraülein Bürstner that Frau Grubach is dependent on him for what reason in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

3. What does K. do before leaving Fraülein Bürstner’s room in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

4. What is the name of Frau Grubach’s nephew?

5. Which of the guards comes to K. and says, “If you can’t get both of us spared, then at least try to get him to let me go” in “The Thrasher”?

(see the answer keys)

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