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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) Expositions
(b) Denouements
(c) Parables
(d) Epilogues

2. What word from “In the Cathedral” refers to an official of a church charged with tending to the care of the edifice and its contents, ringing the bell, and sometimes with burying the dead?
(a) Balustrade
(b) Sexton
(c) Piper
(d) Strider

3. What word from “In the Cathedral” refers to mental or emotional stability or composure?
(a) Discomposure
(b) Equanimity
(c) Imbalance
(d) Agitation

4. By what method of transportation does K. get to the cathedral in “In the Cathedral”?
(a) Train
(b) Taxi
(c) Bus
(d) Horseback

5. It is the day before K.’s birthday to turn how old in the opening of “The End”?
(a) 30
(b) 31
(c) 29
(d) 32

Short Answer Questions

1. The Priest tells K. in “In the Cathedral” that he also works as what?

2. What is Herr Block’s first name?

3. What time does the narrator say it is and describe as “the time when the streets are quiet” in the opening of “The End”?

4. K. asks the two men who appear at his apartment in the beginning of “The End” at which what are they engaged?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is the setting described in the opening of “The End”? Where is K. taken?

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

6. 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?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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