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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 the second guard that tells K. that he’s under arrest in “The Arrest”?
(a) Hasterer
(b) Kaminer
(c) Willem
(d) Franz

2. Which of the guards does the Thrasher say got fat from eating breakfasts at all his arrests in “The Thrasher”?
(a) Hasterer
(b) Willem
(c) Franz
(d) Kullych

3. What word from “The Thrasher” means to secure or bring about by force?
(a) Impede
(b) Compel
(c) Arbitrate
(d) Obstruct

4. 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) 10
(c) 2
(d) 5

5. What word from “The First Hearing” refers to a child’s apron or woman’s sleeveless garment worn over a dress?
(a) Petticoat
(b) Pantaloon
(c) Pinafore
(d) Doublet

Short Answer Questions

1. On what street is K.’s courtroom said to be located in “The First Hearing”?

2. Where does Fraülein Bürstner say Frau Grubach’s nephew is sleeping in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

3. How many messengers are said to still be “working in dispatch in the little circle from a lamp” at K.’s offices in the beginning of “The Thrasher” as he leaves work?

4. When he goes to demonstrate what happened this morning for Fraülein Bürstner in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach,” K. notes that what was hanging by the window in her room at the time of the inquiry?

5. What is the name of the strange guard that opens K.’s door when he rings for his breakfast in the beginning of “The Arrest”?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where do Franz and Willem take K. in “The Arrest”? Why?

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

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

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

6. What do women represent to Josef K. in The Trial? How is this seen in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

7. How is the atmosphere of the setting described in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?

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

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

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

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