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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is K.’s head placed on by the strange guards in “The End”?
(a) A tree stump
(b) A stone
(c) A guillotine
(d) A silk pillow

2. As K. resists against the two strangers who take him away from his apartment in “The End,” he envisions what creatures tearing their own legs off?
(a) Rats
(b) Bats
(c) Flies
(d) Roaches

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

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

5. 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) 7
(d) 6

6. 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) Draw out the trial
(b) Shorten the trial
(c) Hire the right lawyers
(d) Ask the right questions

7. 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) Three hours
(b) Almost a whole day
(c) Almost an hour
(d) Almost two hours

8. 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 nose
(c) The ears
(d) The lips

9. What word from “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter” means patently evident or certain; unquestionable?
(a) Indubitable
(b) Ambiguous
(c) Counterfeit
(d) Legendary

10. 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 choir meeting
(c) A date
(d) A piano lesson

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

12. 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) Her dropping the tea set
(b) An intruder trying to break into the house
(c) Her throwing a plate against the wall
(d) A dog crashing into the kitchen

13. It is the day before K.’s birthday to turn how old in the opening of “The End”?
(a) 29
(b) 31
(c) 32
(d) 30

14. What are K.’s final words in “The End”?
(a) I’m guilty
(b) Please help
(c) I’m innocent
(d) Like a dog!

15. What word, used by Herr Huld’s maid in “His Uncle – Leni,” means refusing to agree or compromise; inflexible?
(a) Intolerable
(b) Exultant
(c) Participatory
(d) Intransigent

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the weather described on the day that K. goes to meet the Italian Businessman at the cathedral in “In the Cathedral”?

2. 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”?

3. How many times is the knife twisted round after K. is stabbed in “The End”?

4. Herr Block tells K. in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer” that Herr Huld has been handling his business affairs ever since he took it over how many years ago?

5. 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?

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