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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. At what time does the Italian Businessman suggest meeting K. at the cathedral in “In the Cathedral”?
(a) 10
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 11
2. The first painting that K. examines with his electric torch in the cathedral shows a standard treatment of what scene?
(a) Moses parting the Red Sea
(b) The Birth of Christ
(c) The Entombment of Christ
(d) The Crucifixion of Christ
3. By what name does Uncle Karl introduce himself to Herr Huld when he and K. arrive at Huld’s home in “His Uncle – Leni”?
(a) Roger
(b) James
(c) Bertold
(d) Albert
4. When he arrives at the cathedral square, K. remembers “that even as a small child it had struck him that the curtains of the houses in the narrow square were nearly always all” what, in “In the Cathedral”?
(a) Wide open
(b) Made of leather
(c) Half open
(d) Drawn
5. How does Titorelli say he came to his position with the courts in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”?
(a) He inherited it
(b) He knew the high court judge
(c) He got a recommendation from Dr. Huld
(d) He applied as an apprentice
Short Answer Questions
1. Who calls K. at his office to tell him in “In the Cathedral,” “They’re hunting you down”?
2. Describing Block, Herr Huld says in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer,” “True, as a person he’s unpleasant, has no manners and is grubby, but as far as his trial’s concerned, he’s” what?
3. Herr Block says in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer,” “I will remind you of the old axiom: ‘For a suspect, movement is better than staying still, for someone who is still can always, without realizing it, be in the scales and be weighed with’” what?
4. 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?
5. What word from “In the Cathedral” refers to mental or emotional stability or composure?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Uncle Karl relate to K. about his actions and their reflection on the family in “His Uncle – Leni”?
2. How is the character of Titorelli described in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”?
3. How does Block explain the predominance of superstition amongst the defendants in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?
4. How is the character of Block described in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”? What was his position prior to his trial?
5. What is represented metaphorically in the scene between K., the Bank President, and the Italian Businessman in “In the Cathedral”?
6. What element of symbolism in The Trial connects K. to the theme of “Original Sin”?
7. What is K. supposed to do with the butcher knife in “The End”? What does he do instead?
8. How does the author employ the use of shadows and ambiguity in the novel? What does this represent?
9. What is K.’s duty with the Italian Businessman in “In the Cathedral”? What does the Italian represent symbolically to K.?
10. How is the weather described in the opening of “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”? Where is K. located in the beginning of the chapter?
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