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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. It’s after what time when K. rings on Herr Huld’s door in the beginning of “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?

2. What does Herr Huld’s maid tell K. is the only way of escaping the legal problems K. is facing in “His Uncle – Leni”?

3. What does one of the guards do to K. after they’ve stopped and rested outside the city in “The End”?

4. Uncle Karl says to K. in “His Uncle – Leni,” “Do you want to lose the trial? Do you know what that means? That means you’ll simply be” what?

5. The narrator says in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter” that “the hierarchy and upper echelons of the court were” what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Uncle Karl relate to K. about his actions and their reflection on the family in “His Uncle – Leni”?

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

3. What is represented metaphorically in the scene between K., the Bank President, and the Italian Businessman in “In the Cathedral”?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does the character of Titorelli represent symbolically in The Trial?

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

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

Describe and analyze the setting of the courtroom. Where in town is the court held? How does the narrator describe this area? What is the building of the courtroom like?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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