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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 date
(b) A choir meeting
(c) A piano lesson
(d) A school exam

2. The narrator claims in “The End,” “Logic may be unshakeable, but it cannot hold out against a human being who wants” what?
(a) Freedom
(b) To live
(c) Love
(d) To die

3. 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 two hours
(c) Almost an hour
(d) Almost a whole day

4. Huld’s maid tell K. in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer,” “I neither want nor need any other reward than for you to” what?
(a) Marry me
(b) Be free
(c) Eat this soup
(d) Be fond of me

5. In Erna’s letter to Uncle Karl in “His Uncle – Leni,” Erna says that K. sent her what gift for her “name day”?
(a) A box of chocolates
(b) A dozen roses
(c) Silk stockings
(d) A card with money in it

6. What time does the narrator say it is and describe as “the time when the streets are quiet” in the opening of “The End”?
(a) 12
(b) 11
(c) 9
(d) 10

7. 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) James
(b) Roger
(c) Bertold
(d) Albert

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

9. What organization had K. been a member of relating to art history, as described in “In the Cathedral”?
(a) The Society for the Betterment of Arts and Literature
(b) The Association for the Preservation of the City Monuments
(c) The Society of Artists, Authors, and Actors
(d) The Association for the Museum of Modern Art

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

11. 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) Your guilt
(b) Your innocence
(c) My inheritance
(d) My official duty

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 nose
(b) The lips
(c) The ears
(d) The eyes

13. Where does Uncle Karl know Huld from?
(a) The military
(b) Church
(c) The lecture circuit
(d) School

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

15. K. understands that it is his duty to do what with the knife in “The End”?
(a) Take it and run
(b) Take it and throw it into the fire
(c) Take it and stab the guards
(d) Take it and stab himself

Short Answer Questions

1. Of K., the narrator says in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter,” “For once the court was going to find itself confronted by a defendant who knew how to” what?

2. What is K.’s response when Titorelli asks him in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter,” “Are you innocent?”

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?

4. What is Herr Block’s first name?

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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