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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 first book in the courtroom that K. looks at in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices” is a book of what?
(a) Pornography
(b) Clothing advertisements
(c) Household chores
(d) Poetry

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) On a brink
(c) A blank
(d) Racing

3. What subordinate bank employee is described in “The Arrest” as having an “intolerable smile caused by a chronic muscular spasm”?
(a) Kaminer
(b) Willem
(c) Kullych
(d) Franz

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

5. The Usher’s Wife tells K. that yesterday, the Examining Magistrate sent the student to her with a gift of what in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?
(a) Silk stockings
(b) A dozen roses
(c) A necklace
(d) A box of chocolates

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. What public prosecutor does the Deputy Manager say is coming to his party in the beginning of “The First Hearing”?

3. What word from “The Thrasher” means to secure or bring about by force?

4. What season is described in the opening of “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

5. What word from “The Thrasher” refers to a dishonest, knavish person?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the character of Frau Grubach introduced in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

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

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

5. Who does K. find at the courtroom on the week after his first hearing in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?

6. How is K.’s resistance to the system perceived in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?

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

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

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

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