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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. Herr Block tells K. after the maid’s disappearance that she’s probably in the kitchen making what for Herr Huld in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?
(a) Cake
(b) Tea
(c) Chicken
(d) Soup

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?
(a) Contemptible
(b) Arbitrary
(c) Responsible
(d) Impeccable

3. What season is it in the opening of “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”?
(a) Autumn
(b) Winter
(c) Spring
(d) Summer

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) Ten hands
(b) Two hands
(c) Five hands
(d) Six hands

5. How does Titorelli say he came to his position with the courts in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”?
(a) He knew the high court judge
(b) He applied as an apprentice
(c) He inherited it
(d) He got a recommendation from Dr. Huld

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Herr Huld tells K. in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer” that his maid finds almost all of whom attractive?

4. By what nickname does the narrator say K. used to refer to his uncle as in “His Uncle – Leni”?

5. 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”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Uncle Karl relate to K. about his actions and their reflection on the family in “His Uncle – Leni”?

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

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

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

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