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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. What is the name of Frau Grubach’s nephew?
(a) Lanz
(b) Hasterer
(c) Rabensteiner
(d) Leni

2. At what time does K. plan to arrive at the courtroom on the day of his first hearing in “The First Hearing”?
(a) 8
(b) 6
(c) 9
(d) 7

3. How many flats does the Usher say the student has been kicked out of in this building for sneaking into them to chase women in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?
(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 2
(d) 10

4. What is Frau Grubach’s relationship to K.?
(a) She is his mother
(b) She is his niece
(c) She is his aunt
(d) She is his landlady

5. To whom does the Usher’s Wife say the books in the courtroom belong to in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?
(a) The High Priest
(b) The Usher
(c) The Chief Clerk
(d) The Examining Magistrate

Short Answer Questions

1. By what method of transportation does K. travel to work in the morning in “The Arrest”?

2. What does K. tell the messengers the sound is from when the guards scream as they’re beaten in “The Thrasher”?

3. K. tells the guards who are to be thrashed in “The Thrasher,” “I didn’t complain, I just said what had happened in my apartment. And your behavior wasn’t exactly” what?

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

5. Which of the subordinate bank employees in “The Arrest” is described as “stiff, swinging his arms” and apathetic?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. How is the character of Franz introduced in “The Arrest”? What is Franz’s assessment of K.?

3. What is K.’s reaction to the invitation given him by the Deputy Manager in “The First Hearing”?

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

5. How is the weather described on the day K. goes to find the courthouse in “The First Hearing”? How is K.’s demeanor?

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

7. What response does K. receive when he asks the three men in the lumber-room, “What are you doing here” in “The Thrasher”?

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

9. What does K. find at the address for the courtroom in “The First Hearing”?

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

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