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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When he arrives at the cathedral square, K. remembers “that even as a small child it had struck him that the curtains of the houses in the narrow square were nearly always all” what, in “In the Cathedral”?
(a) Wide open
(b) Drawn
(c) Made of leather
(d) Half open

2. What is K.’s response when Titorelli asks him in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter,” “Are you innocent?”
(a) I don't know
(b) No
(c) Yes
(d) That depends

3. The Manufacturer tells K. in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter” that he heard about K.’s trial from Titorelli. What is Titorelli’s profession?
(a) He is a court usher
(b) He is a painter
(c) He is a judge
(d) He is a lawyer

4. In the letter from Erna to Uncle Karl, she writes that she visited K. at the bank but wasn’t allowed to see him because he was busy. How long does Erna say she waited?
(a) Almost two hours
(b) Almost an hour
(c) Almost a whole day
(d) Three hours

5. The narrator says in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter” that when K. visits Herr Huld, Huld’s maid always makes a point of doing what?
(a) Massaging Huld’s shoulders
(b) Bringing Huld’s dinner
(c) Bringing Huld’s medicine
(d) Bringing Huld’s tea

6. Whose picture does K. show to Herr Huld’s maid when she asks about his lover in “His Uncle – Leni”?
(a) Elsa’s
(b) Willem’s
(c) Titorelli’s
(d) Dr. Huld’s

7. By what method of transportation does K. get to the cathedral in “In the Cathedral”?
(a) Bus
(b) Train
(c) Taxi
(d) Horseback

8. At what time does the Italian Businessman suggest meeting K. at the cathedral in “In the Cathedral”?
(a) 1
(b) 10
(c) 2
(d) 11

9. Where is K. stabbed with the knife in “The End”?
(a) In the heart
(b) In the throat
(c) In the abdomen
(d) In the head

10. How old is Erna said to be in “His Uncle – Leni”?
(a) 17
(b) 13
(c) 16
(d) 15

11. What is K. carrying with him when he goes to the cathedral in “In the Cathedral”?
(a) A passport and a plane ticket
(b) An album of sights in the city
(c) A family photograph album
(d) A box of chocolates

12. How is the knife described that the strange guard takes out of a sheath on his waist-coat in “The End”?
(a) A long, cylindrical, curved knife
(b) A large bronze axe
(c) A switchblade knife
(d) A double-edged butcher’s knife

13. What word from “In the Cathedral” refers to an ornamental rail with supports?
(a) Promontory
(b) Coliseum
(c) Balustrade
(d) Proscenium

14. What part of Italy does the narrator say the Italian Businessman is from in “In the Cathedral”?
(a) Northern Italy
(b) Eastern Italy
(c) Southern Italy
(d) Western Italy

15. When the Priest descends from the pulpit in ““In the Cathedral,” he tells K., “had to speak to you from a distance at first, otherwise I let myself be too easily influenced and forget” what?
(a) My official duty
(b) My inheritance
(c) Your innocence
(d) Your guilt

Short Answer Questions

1. In the end of “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer,” Leni tells Block to leave what alone and listen to the lawyer?

2. What does Herr Huld’s maid tell K. is the only way of escaping the legal problems K. is facing in “His Uncle – Leni”?

3. Who calls K. at his office to tell him in “In the Cathedral,” “They’re hunting you down”?

4. How long does Herr Block say his trial has been going on in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?

5. By what mode of transportation does K. travel to Titorelli’s home in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”?

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