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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. Where does Frau Grubach say Fraülein Bürstner has gone in the evening when K. returns home in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
2. The narrator states in the beginning of “The First Hearing” that “K. had been informed by telephone that a short hearing in his affair would take place” when?
3. When he goes to demonstrate what happened this morning for Fraülein Bürstner in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach,” K. notes that what was hanging by the window in her room at the time of the inquiry?
4. K. tells the guards who are to be thrashed in “The Thrasher,” “I didn’t complain, I just said what had happened in my apartment. And your behavior wasn’t exactly” what?
5. What is the name of the man from the state prosecution office that K. tells the supervisor is his friend in “The Arrest”?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What relationship to the legal system does Fraülein Bürstner say she has in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
3. How are the people in the courtroom situated in “The First Hearing”? How is this arrangement symbolic?
4. Why does the Thrasher tell K. he shouldn’t believe everything the guards say in “The Thrasher”?
5. How is the weather described on the day K. goes to find the courthouse in “The First Hearing”? How is K.’s demeanor?
6. Where does the Usher lead K. in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”? How is this setting described?
7. What is Josef K.’s central plight in “The Arrest”? How does he go about achieving his goal?
8. What response does K. receive when he asks the three men in the lumber-room, “What are you doing here” in “The Thrasher”?
9. How is the character of Willem described n “The Arrest”? How does he compare to Franz?
10. Who is Fraülein Bürstner? How is her character described in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss K.’s position at the bank and his ambitions within his role there. Approximately how long has K. worked at the bank? How swiftly was his promotion to Financial Officer? What obstacles does K. face in his work?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the characters of Dr. Huld and the Chief Clerk in “His Uncle – Leni.” Where is the Chief Clerk hidden during the first part of K. and his uncle’s visit? What does this character represent symbolically in the story? What are K.’s initial impressions of Dr. Huld?
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