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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. How is Erna related to K.’s Uncle Karl?
(a) Erna is Karl’s niece
(b) Erna is Karl’s mother
(c) Erna is Karl’s daughter
(d) Erna is Karl’s cousin

2. Who calls K. at his office to tell him in “In the Cathedral,” “They’re hunting you down”?
(a) Dr. Huld
(b) Elsa
(c) Leni
(d) Frau Grubach

3. 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) Acting on your own initiative
(b) Entering a plea of innocence
(c) Hiring a lawyer
(d) Entering a plea of guilty

4. The narrator claims in “The End,” “Logic may be unshakeable, but it cannot hold out against a human being who wants” what?
(a) Freedom
(b) To live
(c) To die
(d) Love

5. What word, used by Herr Huld’s maid in “His Uncle – Leni,” means refusing to agree or compromise; inflexible?
(a) Participatory
(b) Intolerable
(c) Exultant
(d) Intransigent

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the young maid who works for Herr Huld in “His Uncle – Leni”?

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

3. In Erna’s letter to Uncle Karl in “His Uncle – Leni,” Erna says that K. sent her what gift for her “name day”?

4. Who is the man who is sitting in the corner of Herr Huld’s room in “His Uncle – Leni”?

5. At what time does the Italian Businessman suggest meeting K. at the cathedral in “In the Cathedral”?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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”?

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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