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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 term refers to short, allegorical stories designed to illustrate a truth or moral lesson?
(a) Parables
(b) Epilogues
(c) Denouements
(d) Expositions

2. Herr Block tells K. in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer” that waiting is not pointless. “The only thing that is pointless is” what?
(a) Hiring a lawyer
(b) Entering a plea of innocence
(c) Entering a plea of guilty
(d) Acting on your own initiative

3. Who is the man who is sitting in the corner of Herr Huld’s room in “His Uncle – Leni”?
(a) The Superior Court Judge
(b) The Priest
(c) The Examining Magistrate
(d) The Chief Clerk

4. K. thinks to himself as he is escorted from his apartment by the strangers in “The End,” “The only thing I can do now is to retain a calm clarity of mind right to the end. I was always trying to interfere in the world with” what?
(a) Two hands
(b) Five hands
(c) Six hands
(d) Ten hands

5. It’s after what time when K. rings on Herr Huld’s door in the beginning of “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?
(a) 10
(b) 11
(c) 8
(d) Midnight

Short Answer Questions

1. How many unregistered lawyers does Herr Block say he has working on his case in addition to Herr Huld in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?

2. What word, used by Herr Huld’s maid in “His Uncle – Leni,” means refusing to agree or compromise; inflexible?

3. What does one of the guards do to K. after they’ve stopped and rested outside the city in “The End”?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is K. supposed to do with the butcher knife in “The End”? What does he do instead?

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

3. How would you characterize the relationship between Block and Dr. Huld in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?

4. In what way is K.’s character similar to Job from the Old Testament?

5. How has K.’s plight as an individual against society turned out in “The End”?

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

7. How is the character of Titorelli described in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”?

8. What does the character of Titorelli represent symbolically in The Trial?

9. How is the lighting inside the cathedral described in “In the Cathedral”? What does this represent?

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

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