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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what name does Uncle Karl introduce himself to Herr Huld when he and K. arrive at Huld’s home in “His Uncle – Leni”?
(a) Roger
(b) James
(c) Bertold
(d) Albert

2. What is Herr Block’s first name?
(a) Willem
(b) Franz
(c) Rudi
(d) Peter

3. 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?
(a) The dog by his feet
(b) The sheepskin rug
(c) The curtain rods
(d) The handkerchief

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

5. When K. enters the hallway to see what the crashing sound was at Herr Huld’s home, Huld’s maid tells K. that the noise was caused by what, in “His Uncle – Leni”?
(a) An intruder trying to break into the house
(b) A dog crashing into the kitchen
(c) Her dropping the tea set
(d) Her throwing a plate against the wall

6. How many times is the knife twisted round after K. is stabbed in “The End”?
(a) Twice
(b) Four times
(c) Once
(d) Three times

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

8. At what time does K. arrive at his office when he is to show the Italian Businessman around the city in “In the Cathedral”?
(a) 5
(b) 4
(c) 6
(d) 7

9. What word from “The End” means highly offensive or hateful?
(a) Odious
(b) Mischievous
(c) Apprehensive
(d) Adulatory

10. 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 judge
(b) He is a lawyer
(c) He is a painter
(d) He is a court usher

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

12. Herr Block tells K. in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer” that the defendants tend toward superstition. “One of these superstitions, for example, is that many claim they can see the outcome of the trial in the defendant’s face, especially in the marking of” what?
(a) The eyes
(b) The ears
(c) The nose
(d) The lips

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

14. What term refers to short, allegorical stories designed to illustrate a truth or moral lesson?
(a) Epilogues
(b) Denouements
(c) Parables
(d) Expositions

15. The Manufacturer tells K. in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter” that K. is “almost a” what?
(a) Defendant
(b) Doctor
(c) Lawyer
(d) Judge

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the girl that K. asks in the stairwell whether Titorelli lives in the building in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”?

2. By what method of transportation does K. get to the cathedral in “In the Cathedral”?

3. Herr Block says in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer,” “I will remind you of the old axiom: ‘For a suspect, movement is better than staying still, for someone who is still can always, without realizing it, be in the scales and be weighed with’” what?

4. Herr Block tells K. after the maid’s disappearance that she’s probably in the kitchen making what for Herr Huld in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?

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

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