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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. On what day of the week does K. return to the courtroom in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?
2. What is K.’s position at the bank where he works in the novel?
3. Who does K. recall having said “that the court was attracted by guilt” in “The First Hearing”?
4. What character is described in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach” as a girl “who worked serving in a wine-bar during the night and well into the morning, and during the daytime only received visitors from her bed”?
5. What word used in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices” refers to a complete change of form, structure, or substance?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the character of Willem described n “The Arrest”? How does he compare to Franz?
2. What is K.’s reaction to the invitation given him by the Deputy Manager in “The First Hearing”?
3. How is the atmosphere of the setting described in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?
4. How is the character of Franz introduced in “The Arrest”? What is Franz’s assessment of K.?
5. How is K.’s behavior toward Fraülein Bürstner in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach” relative to his actions as a whole in the novel?
6. How would you characterize K.’s behavior toward Fraülein Bürstner in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
7. Why does the Thrasher tell K. he shouldn’t believe everything the guards say in “The Thrasher”?
8. What do women represent to Josef K. in The Trial? How is this seen in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
9. What response does K. receive when he asks the three men in the lumber-room, “What are you doing here” in “The Thrasher”?
10. How is the Examining Magistrate described in “The First Hearing”? What does he ask K.?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the setting established in “The Arrest.” How large is the boarding house where K. lives with Frau Grubach and others? What part of town is the boarding house located in? How far away is the bank where K. works?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the characters of Uncle Karl and Erna in the narrative. What relationship did K. have with his uncle growing up? What does K.’s uncle learn from Erna regarding K.’s trial? How does Uncle Karl feel about K.’s trial?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the existentialist, absurdist, surrealist, and experimental modernist movements of literature. How do critics and scholars define the style of Kafka’s works? What different genres comprise Kafka’s body of works? What elements of these literary styles can be seen in The Trial?
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