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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is K. asked to get out of Klamm's sleigh?
(a) Klamm's spectacles.
(b) A riding crop.
(c) Cognac.
(d) A music box.

2. Where do Frieda and K. make love?
(a) In one of the inn's bedrooms.
(b) Outside under a tree.
(c) On the taproom floor.
(d) In the churchyard.

3. Who is the gentleman waiting for K. at the beginning of Chapter IX?
(a) Klamm's village secretary.
(b) Klamm's senior assistant.
(c) Klamm's brother.
(d) Klamm's valet.

4. Who does K. go to the Gentlemen's Inn to look for?
(a) Olga.
(b) Barnabas.
(c) Klamm.
(d) Frieda.

5. What photo does the landlady show K.?
(a) A photo of her husband as a young man.
(b) A photo of a messenger Klamm sent to her long ago.
(c) A photo of herself as a young girl.
(d) A photo of Frieda as a young girl.

6. Who does K. say summoned him?
(a) The Prince.
(b) The Attache.
(c) The Queen.
(d) The Count.

7. Who does K. meet and ask questions about the Castle?
(a) A stonemason.
(b) A cartographer.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A lawyer.

8. What does K. worry about regarding Frieda?
(a) That she will continue to sleep with Klamm.
(b) That she will leave him when she learns the Castle does not need him.
(c) That she will make Klamm angry with her.
(d) That she will continue to feel attached to Klamm.

9. What color hair does Frieda have?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blond.
(d) Red.

10. How does the teacher say K. treated the chairman?
(a) Appropriately.
(b) Considerately.
(c) Rudely.
(d) Unethically.

11. How likely does Frieda's mother say it is for K. to see Klamm?
(a) Somewhat unlikely.
(b) Very likely.
(c) Impossible.
(d) Certain.

12. How does the teacher know about K.'s conversation with the chairman?
(a) He heard about it from the chairman's wife.
(b) He lives next door to the chairman, and the walls are thin.
(c) His servant heard about it from the chairman's servant.
(d) He recorded a deposition of the conversation.

13. Why do the characters have trouble sleeping at the school?
(a) It is too bright.
(b) It is too hot.
(c) It is too cold.
(d) It is too noisy.

14. Where does K. go with the people he meets on the road?
(a) To the Castle.
(b) To the schoolhouse.
(c) To the inn.
(d) To Barnabas's house.

15. Who does the letter from K.'s director tell him to report to?
(a) The Count.
(b) The Queen.
(c) The director.
(d) The village chairman.

Short Answer Questions

1. When K. leaves with Barnabas, where do they end up?

2. Who does K. believe is behind the landlady's marriage and the lease of the inn?

3. What is K.'s first reaction to the job offer?

4. What does K. say about attempts to communicate through intermediaries?

5. At the end of Chapter VIII, where is K.?

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