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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. Titorelli tells K. in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter” that the painting in his apartment is of Justice combined with whom?
(a) The Goddess of Fertility
(b) The Goddess of Victory
(c) The Goddess of Death
(d) The Goddess of Revenge

2. What word from “In the Cathedral” refers to an official of a church charged with tending to the care of the edifice and its contents, ringing the bell, and sometimes with burying the dead?
(a) Strider
(b) Piper
(c) Balustrade
(d) Sexton

3. What word from “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter” means to clear of an accusation?
(a) Condemn
(b) Propagate
(c) Exonerate
(d) Accuse

4. By what nickname does the narrator say K. used to refer to his uncle as in “His Uncle – Leni”?
(a) The Old Man on the Hill
(b) The Elder from the Mountains
(c) The Ghost from the Country
(d) The Wandering Gypsy

5. In the end of “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer,” Leni tells Block to leave what alone and listen to the lawyer?
(a) The handkerchief
(b) The sheepskin rug
(c) The dog by his feet
(d) The curtain rods

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from “In the Cathedral” refers to mental or emotional stability or composure?

2. Whose picture does K. show to Herr Huld’s maid when she asks about his lover in “His Uncle – Leni”?

3. How old is Erna said to be in “His Uncle – Leni”?

4. Uncle Karl says to K. in “His Uncle – Leni,” “Do you want to lose the trial? Do you know what that means? That means you’ll simply be” what?

5. What word from “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter” means patently evident or certain; unquestionable?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways does K. demonstrate the theme of the individual versus society in The Trial?

2. What is Uncle Karl’s attitude when he arrives at the bank in “His Uncle – Leni”?

3. What is K.’s duty with the Italian Businessman in “In the Cathedral”? What does the Italian represent symbolically to K.?

4. How does the author employ the use of shadows and ambiguity in the novel? What does this represent?

5. What is represented metaphorically in the scene between K., the Bank President, and the Italian Businessman in “In the Cathedral”?

6. What does Block tell K. about his impressions on the defendants in the Court Offices in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?

7. How is K. first introduced to Herr Block in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?

8. Who does K. meet inside the cathedral in “In the Cathedral”? What does this character relate to K.?

9. How does the parable from “In the Cathedral” relate to the story as a whole?

10. What element of symbolism in The Trial connects K. to the theme of “Original Sin”?

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