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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. Whose claim that his fiancée is waiting for him outside turns out to be a lie in “The Thrasher”?
(a) Kullych’s
(b) Titorelli’s
(c) Franz’s
(d) Willem’s

2. When K. is met by scowling children on his way up the stairs to the courtroom in “The First Hearing,” he thinks to himself, “If I have to come here again, I’ll either have to bring some sweets, to win them over, or” what?
(a) My stick to beat them
(b) My steel-toed boots to kick them
(c) My pocketbook to pay them
(d) Some teacakes from my house

3. What does K. say repeatedly to the woman and man who help him out of the Court Offices in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?
(a) I need to see the Usher
(b) Call the Examining Magistrate
(c) Don’t touch me
(d) Thank you very much

4. The narrator describes K. as generally staying at the office until what time in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
(a) 10
(b) 9
(c) 11
(d) 8

5. What is K.’s first name in the novel?
(a) Peter
(b) James
(c) Franz
(d) Josef

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the Examining Magistrate in the courtroom say K. should have been there when K. arrives in “The First Hearing”?

2. What does K. find when he opens the door in his office the second time where he’d previously seen the thrasher and the guards in “The Thrasher”?

3. Where does K. see Kaminer on his way to the courtroom in “The First Hearing”?

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

5. What does K. drink shots of from his wall cabinet while the guards watch him in the beginning of “The Arrest”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is the Examining Magistrate described in “The First Hearing”? What does he ask K.?

4. What relationship to the legal system does Fraülein Bürstner say she has in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

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

6. What does Franz say when he grovels to K. for help in “The Thrasher”?

7. Why does the Thrasher tell K. he shouldn’t believe everything the guards say in “The Thrasher”?

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

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

10. How is the character of Willem described n “The Arrest”? How does he compare to Franz?

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