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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 messengers
(c) The Usher’s Wife
(d) The Examining Magistrate

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

3. What does K. tell the messengers the sound is from when the guards scream as they’re beaten in “The Thrasher”?
(a) A woman in the alley
(b) An owl passing the window
(c) Him sneezing
(d) A howling dog

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What is the name of the man from the state prosecution office that K. tells the supervisor is his friend in “The Arrest”?
(a) Block
(b) Hasterer
(c) Kaminer
(d) Kullych

13. What does K. find when he opens the door in his office the second time where he’d previously seen the thrasher and the guards in “The Thrasher”?
(a) There is a judge beating the Thrasher there
(b) The courtroom has appeared in the room
(c) There is no sign of the Thrasher or the guards
(d) The Thrasher and the guards are still there

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

15. 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) Kaminer
(c) Franz
(d) Willem

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does K. see Rabensteiner and Kullich on his way to the hearing in “The First Hearing”?

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

3. What do the two guards do with K.’s breakfast when it arrives in “The Arrest”?

4. K. decides when looking for the courtroom in “The First Hearing” to ask around for a carpenter named what?

5. What public prosecutor does the Deputy Manager say is coming to his party in the beginning of “The First Hearing”?

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