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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 countries comprised the Central Powers in the beginning of World War I?
(a) Japan, Israel, and the Russian Empire
(b) Germany and Austria-Hungary
(c) France, Spain, and Germany
(d) The United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire

2. What word from “The Thrasher” refers to a dishonest, knavish person?
(a) Conquistador
(b) Protagonist
(c) Rogue
(d) Hector

3. The supervisor who enters K.’s home after the guards in “The Arrest” tells him, “Think less about us and what is going to happen to you, think more about” what?
(a) Your family
(b) Your wife
(c) Your employees
(d) Yourself instead

4. 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 Thursday
(b) The next Sunday
(c) The next Monday
(d) The next Tuesday

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?
(a) Court Ushers
(b) Thrashers
(c) Examining Magistrates
(d) Jury Members

Short Answer Questions

1. The Thrasher tells K. when he discovers him getting ready to beat the guards, “You shouldn’t believe everything they say. Their fear of being beaten has made them a little” what?

2. What word used in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices” refers to a complete change of form, structure, or substance?

3. The Usher tells K. as they pass through the waiting room of the Court Offices in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices,” “Most of the defendants are very” what?

4. When K. first deals with the guards on the morning of his birthday in “The Arrest,” he presumes that this might be a joke played on him by his friends where?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What information has K. learned about his coming hearing in the opening of “The First Hearing”? How did he gain this information?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why is K. incapable of handling his trial in the same ways that he handles his work at the bank?

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