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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 old is K.’s trial said to be in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?
(a) 2 years old
(b) 1 year old
(c) 6 months old
(d) 3 months old

2. 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) Bertold
(b) Roger
(c) Albert
(d) James

3. What word from “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter” means patently evident or certain; unquestionable?
(a) Legendary
(b) Indubitable
(c) Counterfeit
(d) Ambiguous

4. Herr Huld tells K. in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer” that his maid finds almost all of whom attractive?
(a) The priests
(b) The judges
(c) The carpenters
(d) The defendants

5. How many times is the knife twisted round after K. is stabbed in “The End”?
(a) Twice
(b) Four times
(c) Three times
(d) Once

Short Answer Questions

1. The Manufacturer tells K. in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter” that he heard about K.’s trial from Titorelli. What is Titorelli’s profession?

2. The judge who Herr Huld spoke to about Block said of Block in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer,” “Block’s just cunning. He’s gathered a lot of experience and knows how to” what?

3. By what mode of transportation does K. travel to Titorelli’s home in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”?

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”?

5. K. understands that it is his duty to do what with the knife in “The End”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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