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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The portrait that Titorelli shows K. in his apartment first appears to K. to be a painting of what, in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”?
(a) A doctor
(b) A priest
(c) A teacher
(d) A judge

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

3. How old is K.’s trial said to be in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?
(a) 1 year old
(b) 3 months old
(c) 2 years old
(d) 6 months old

4. 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?
(a) Run from the authorities
(b) Fight back
(c) Get revenge
(d) Stand up for his rights

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

6. How is the cathedral square described when K. arrives in “In the Cathedral”?
(a) Completely deserted
(b) Crowded with children
(c) Crowded with animals
(d) Crowded with tourists

7. What word from “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter” means to clear of an accusation?
(a) Propagate
(b) Accuse
(c) Condemn
(d) Exonerate

8. Who is the man who is sitting in the corner of Herr Huld’s room in “His Uncle – Leni”?
(a) The Chief Clerk
(b) The Examining Magistrate
(c) The Superior Court Judge
(d) The Priest

9. 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 tea
(c) Bringing Huld’s dinner
(d) Bringing Huld’s medicine

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

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

12. What sound is described in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer” as signifying the start of one’s trial?
(a) A gavel thump
(b) A bell ring
(c) A woman’s scream
(d) A whistle blow

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

14. How many unregistered lawyers does Herr Block say he has working on his case in addition to Herr Huld in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?
(a) 6
(b) 5
(c) 4
(d) 2

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. At what time does K. arrive at his office when he is to show the Italian Businessman around the city in “In the Cathedral”?

3. Titorelli describes one of the tenement children as having hidden where in his apartment the previous night in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”?

4. Uncle Karl says to K. in “His Uncle – Leni,” “Do you want to lose the trial? Do you know what that means? That means you’ll simply be” what?

5. Whose picture does K. show to Herr Huld’s maid when she asks about his lover in “His Uncle – Leni”?

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