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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. K. considers the Deputy Manager’s invitation to his party to be what, in “The First Hearing”?
(a) An inside joke
(b) An ironic twist
(c) A false invitation
(d) An olive branch

2. K. points out to Fraülein Bürstner that Frau Grubach is dependent on him for what reason in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
(a) She is his only heir
(b) She is desperate to marry his father
(c) She’s borrowed a large sum of money from him
(d) He was a witness to a crime she committed

3. Whose cook is said to bring K. his breakfast around eight every morning in “The Arrest”?
(a) Rudi Block’s
(b) Frau Grubach’s
(c) Dr. Huld’s
(d) Fraülein Bürstner’s

4. 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?
(a) 5
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) 3

5. To whom does K. say in “The Thrasher,” “It’s about time you cleared out that lumber-room. We’re drowning in filth”?
(a) The Usher.
(b) The Examining Magistrate
(c) The Usher’s Wife
(d) The messengers

6. Which of the subordinate bank employees in “The Arrest” is described as “stiff, swinging his arms” and apathetic?
(a) Kaminer
(b) Willem
(c) Rabensteiner
(d) Franz

7. 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) Thursday
(c) Tuesday
(d) Sunday

8. K. hears groans coming from behind a door in his office building that “he had always assumed, without having actually seen it himself, that there was nothing but” what, in “The Thrasher”?
(a) A lumber-room
(b) Stairs to the attic
(c) Stairs to the basement
(d) A chimney exit

9. Where does Frau Grubach say Fraülein Bürstner has gone in the evening when K. returns home in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
(a) To a jazz bar
(b) To church
(c) To the theatre
(d) To her lover’s house

10. One of the guards being thrashed in “The Thrasher” says that he and his partner had prospects of being promoted to what position before getting into trouble?
(a) Thrashers
(b) Examining Magistrates
(c) Jury Members
(d) Court Ushers

11. 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) Thank you very much
(b) I need to see the Usher
(c) Don’t touch me
(d) Call the Examining Magistrate

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

13. 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) Willem
(c) Bertold
(d) Hasterer

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

15. What word from “The First Hearing” refers to a child’s apron or woman’s sleeveless garment worn over a dress?
(a) Pantaloon
(b) Doublet
(c) Pinafore
(d) Petticoat

Short Answer Questions

1. The next room to K.’s in “The Arrest” has been taken by “a typist, who went off to work very early and came back late.” What is this character’s name?

2. In the ending of “The Thrasher,” K. waits to ensure he’s alone as he leaves his office, then goes home “weary and his mind” what?

3. At what time does K. plan to arrive at the courtroom on the day of his first hearing in “The First Hearing”?

4. Which of the subordinate bank employees in “The Arrest” is described as “blond with deep-set eyes”?

5. 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?

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