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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. What does K. find when he opens the door in his office the second time where he’d previously seen the thrasher and the guards in “The Thrasher”?
2. What is Frau Grubach’s relationship to K.?
3. By what method of transportation does K. travel to work in the morning in “The Arrest”?
4. The Usher’s Wife tells K. that yesterday, the Examining Magistrate sent the student to her with a gift of what in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?
5. What do the guards offer to fetch for K. “for a small sum of money” in “The Arrest”?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the Thrasher tell K. he shouldn’t believe everything the guards say in “The Thrasher”?
2. How is the weather described on the day K. goes to find the courthouse in “The First Hearing”? How is K.’s demeanor?
3. How is K.’s resistance to the system perceived in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?
4. How are the Examining Magistrate’s books described in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”? What happens to the Usher’s Wife in the chapter?
5. Where does the Usher lead K. in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”? How is this setting described?
6. What information has K. learned about his coming hearing in the opening of “The First Hearing”? How did he gain this information?
7. What does Franz say when he grovels to K. for help in “The Thrasher”?
8. How is the character of Franz introduced in “The Arrest”? What is Franz’s assessment of K.?
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. What is K.’s reaction to the invitation given him by the Deputy Manager in “The First Hearing”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the characters of Bertold and the Usher’s Wife in the novel. What is Bertold a student of? How do the Usher and the Usher’s Wife describe his character? What power does Bertold hold within the courts?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the character of Titorelli in the novel. How does Titorelli regard K. when he arrives? What questions does he ask? What are K.’s impressions of the painter? What does Titorelli represent symbolically in the story?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and analyze the character of Elsa in the novel. What are K.’s feelings about Elsa? Do you think his feelings are purely physical? Does K. show any jealousy for the other men that frequent Elsa’s room?
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