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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states in the beginning of “The First Hearing” that “K. had been informed by telephone that a short hearing in his affair would take place” when?
(a) The next Monday
(b) The next Tuesday
(c) The next Sunday
(d) The next Thursday

2. In the ending of “The Thrasher,” K. waits to ensure he’s alone as he leaves his office, then goes home “weary and his mind” what?
(a) Enraptured
(b) Racing
(c) A blank
(d) On a brink

3. On what day of the week does K. return to the courtroom in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?
(a) Tuesday
(b) Saturday
(c) Thursday
(d) Sunday

4. The Examining Magistrate asks K. if he is what when he begins questioning him in “The First Hearing”?
(a) A teacher and scholar
(b) A bus driver and teacher
(c) A cab driver and mechanic
(d) A painter and decorator

5. What character is described in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach” as a girl “who worked serving in a wine-bar during the night and well into the morning, and during the daytime only received visitors from her bed”?
(a) Fraülein Bürstner
(b) Frau Grubach
(c) Leni
(d) Elsa

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices” means to break away from constituted authority?

2. What word refers to a fictional society that is in some important way undesirable or frightening?

3. What countries comprised the Central Powers in the beginning of World War I?

4. What countries comprised the Allied Powers in the beginning of World War I?

5. One of the guards being thrashed in “The Thrasher” says that he and his partner had prospects of being promoted to what position before getting into trouble?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is K.’s behavior toward Fraülein Bürstner in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach” relative to his actions as a whole in the novel?

2. How would you characterize K.’s behavior toward Fraülein Bürstner in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

3. What is K. doing in the opening of “The Arrest”? How does the narrator describe the reason for his arrest in this chapter?

4. Who is Fraülein Bürstner? How is her character described in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

5. What noise does K. hear as he prepares to exit the office at the bank in “The Thrasher”?

6. How are the Examining Magistrate’s books described in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”? What happens to the Usher’s Wife in the chapter?

7. Describe the setting of The Trial. How does the author establish the setting in “The Arrest”?

8. What is Josef K.’s central plight in “The Arrest”? How does he go about achieving his goal?

9. What excuse does Willem give K. for his previous behavior in “The Thrasher”?

10. What does Willem say of his and Franz’s careers prior to K.’s accusations in “The Thrasher”?

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