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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Priest call out as K. attempts to slip out of the cathedral in “In the Cathedral”?
(a) Excuse me, Sir!
(b) Your friend has left!
(c) You are a sinner!
(d) Josef K!

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

3. What does Herr Huld’s maid tell K. is the only way of escaping the legal problems K. is facing in “His Uncle – Leni”?
(a) To plead not guilty
(b) To hire an attorney
(c) To confess
(d) To leave the country

4. In Erna’s letter to Uncle Karl, she writes that when she was unable to see K. at the bank, she had to return home because she had what appointment in “His Uncle – Leni”?
(a) A school exam
(b) A piano lesson
(c) A choir meeting
(d) A date

5. Who calls K. at his office to tell him in “In the Cathedral,” “They’re hunting you down”?
(a) Frau Grubach
(b) Leni
(c) Dr. Huld
(d) Elsa

6. How is Erna related to K.’s Uncle Karl?
(a) Erna is Karl’s daughter
(b) Erna is Karl’s cousin
(c) Erna is Karl’s niece
(d) Erna is Karl’s mother

7. What word from “In the Cathedral” refers to mental or emotional stability or composure?
(a) Discomposure
(b) Imbalance
(c) Equanimity
(d) Agitation

8. The judge who Herr Huld spoke to about Block said of Block in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer,” “Block’s just cunning. He’s gathered a lot of experience and knows how to” what?
(a) Shorten the trial
(b) Ask the right questions
(c) Hire the right lawyers
(d) Draw out the trial

9. When K. sees a woman who appears to be Fräulein Bürstner in “The End,” he takes “the direction the woman in front of them was taking, not because he wanted to catch up with her, not because he wanted to see her for as long as possible, but solely so as not to forget” what?
(a) The innocence she represented for him
(b) The brutality she represented for him
(c) The admonition she represented for him
(d) The temptation she represented for him

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

11. What season is it in the opening of “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”?
(a) Summer
(b) Spring
(c) Autumn
(d) Winter

12. How does Titorelli say he came to his position with the courts in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”?
(a) He knew the high court judge
(b) He got a recommendation from Dr. Huld
(c) He inherited it
(d) He applied as an apprentice

13. How is the weather described on the day that K. goes to meet the Italian Businessman at the cathedral in “In the Cathedral”?
(a) Snowy
(b) Sunny
(c) Rainy
(d) Pleasant

14. What word does the Manufacturer use to describe Titorelli that means excessively talkative or rambling?
(a) Existentialist
(b) Obtuse
(c) Garrulous
(d) Contrary

15. Where do K. and the two strange guards go after departing the city in “The End”?
(a) A cemetery
(b) A prison
(c) A church
(d) A quarry

Short Answer Questions

1. Titorelli tells K. in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter” that the painting in his apartment is of Justice combined with whom?

2. What word from “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter” means patently evident or certain; unquestionable?

3. Where is K. stabbed with the knife in “The End”?

4. Herr Huld tells K. in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer” that his maid finds almost all of whom attractive?

5. The Manufacturer tells K. in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter” that K. is “almost a” what?

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