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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the subordinate bank employees in “The Arrest” is described as “blond with deep-set eyes”?
(a) Kullich
(b) Rabensteiner
(c) Willem
(d) Franz

3. What is K.’s first name in the novel?
(a) Peter
(b) James
(c) Josef
(d) Franz

4. What word refers to a fictional society that is in some important way undesirable or frightening?
(a) Malatopia
(b) Dystopia
(c) Malfunction
(d) Utopia

5. K. tells the guards who are to be thrashed in “The Thrasher,” “I didn’t complain, I just said what had happened in my apartment. And your behavior wasn’t exactly” what?
(a) Irreproachable either
(b) Piteous either
(c) Commendable either
(d) Empathetic either

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

7. What word from “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices” refers to a person engaged in a lawsuit?
(a) Liturgy
(b) Elucidate
(c) Candidate
(d) Litigant

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

9. What season is described in the opening of “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
(a) Spring
(b) Winter
(c) Autumn
(d) Summer

10. Where does K. see Rabensteiner and Kullich on his way to the hearing in “The First Hearing”?
(a) On a bus
(b) At a café
(c) At the library
(d) On a train

11. Which of the guards being thrashed says he has a family to feed in “The Thrasher”?
(a) Willem
(b) Kullych
(c) Franz
(d) Rabensteiner

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

13. 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?
(a) Racing
(b) A blank
(c) Enraptured
(d) On a brink

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

15. 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) White
(c) Blue
(d) Black

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Fraülein Bürstner say Frau Grubach’s nephew is sleeping in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

3. Which of the subordinate bank employees in “The Arrest” is described as “stiff, swinging his arms” and apathetic?

4. On what day of the week does K. return to the courtroom in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?

5. The Thrasher tells K. when he discovers him getting ready to beat the guards, “You shouldn’t believe everything they say. Their fear of being beaten has made them a little” what?

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