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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 does one of the guards do to K. after they’ve stopped and rested outside the city in “The End”?
(a) He removes K.’s jacket and shirt
(b) He wraps a rope around K.’s neck
(c) He gets on his knees and prays for K
(d) He forces K. to light a bonfire

2. How is the cathedral square described when K. arrives in “In the Cathedral”?
(a) Crowded with animals
(b) Completely deserted
(c) Crowded with children
(d) Crowded with tourists

3. Whose picture does K. show to Herr Huld’s maid when she asks about his lover in “His Uncle – Leni”?
(a) Titorelli’s
(b) Dr. Huld’s
(c) Willem’s
(d) Elsa’s

4. The portrait that Titorelli shows K. in his apartment first appears to K. to be a painting of what, in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”?
(a) A teacher
(b) A doctor
(c) A judge
(d) A priest

5. How is the weather described on the day that K. goes to meet the Italian Businessman at the cathedral in “In the Cathedral”?
(a) Rainy
(b) Sunny
(c) Pleasant
(d) Snowy

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter” means to clear of an accusation?

2. How does Titorelli say he came to his position with the courts in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”?

3. In Erna’s letter to Uncle Karl, she writes that when she was unable to see K. at the bank, she had to return home because she had what appointment in “His Uncle – Leni”?

4. 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?

5. Where do K. and the two strange guards go after departing the city in “The End”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Titorelli explain to K. about the nature of the system in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”?

2. How does Block explain the predominance of superstition amongst the defendants in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?

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

4. How are the women in the novel similar to Gatekeepers?

5. 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?

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

7. How does the ambiguous court system in The Trial relate to the historical context of anti-Semitism?

8. How is the character of Leni described in “His Uncle – Leni”?

9. 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?

10. Who does K. meet with in his office in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”? What does this character give to K.?

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