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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the weather like at the beginning of Chapter X?
(a) Bad.
(b) Windy but clear.
(c) Overcast but still.
(d) Sunny and warm.

2. What do the assistants do when K. makes them leave?
(a) Bring drums and trumpets to make noise outside the window.
(b) Pull down the curtains and break lamps as they leave.
(c) Leave quietly.
(d) Bang at the windows and doors.

3. What does the landlady say about the landlord?
(a) He supports the landlady in everything she asks for.
(b) He resents the landlady and goes against whatever she wants.
(c) He is secretly employed by Klamm and does what the official wants.
(d) He is jealous of K.

4. What reason does Frieda suggest for letting the assistants return?
(a) They might be a way of getting to Klamm.
(b) If they are brought back, they can be used as spies.
(c) They might get K. in trouble, if they aren't allowed back.
(d) They will spread rumors and ruin K.'s reputation.

5. What is K.'s first reaction to the job offer?
(a) He refuses it.
(b) He negotiates for better pay.
(c) He says he'll have to think about it.
(d) He accepts it.

6. What position does the chairman offer to K.?
(a) Clock maintenance worker.
(b) School janitor.
(c) Surveying instructor.
(d) School librarian.

7. Where does K. go when he arrives at the village?
(a) To the guard house to befriend the guards.
(b) To the servants' entrance of the castle.
(c) To the inn to sleep.
(d) To a friend's house.

8. Where does K. go at the beginning of Chapter IX?
(a) To Barnabas's house.
(b) Into the Gentlemen's Inn.
(c) To the Castle.
(d) To the inn where he is staying.

9. Who does Frieda say the assistants really want?
(a) Frieda.
(b) Klamm.
(c) Barnabas.
(d) K.

10. What does Schwarzer tell K. in the beginning of the novel when the two first meet?
(a) That K. has to show papers bearing the royal seal from the Castle.
(b) That K. is welcome in the village.
(c) That K. has no permission to be there.
(d) That K. has to work for his board at the inn.

11. How does K. get back to the inn?
(a) On a bicycle.
(b) On foot.
(c) On a horse.
(d) In a sleigh.

12. When K. returns to the inn after meeting with the chairman, what does the landlord ask him?
(a) Whether he is satisfied with his treatment at the inn.
(b) Whether he has had anything to eat.
(c) Whether he has gotten to see Klamm.
(d) Whether he has found a new place to stay.

13. What does the letter praise?
(a) K.'s politeness.
(b) K's integrity in dealing with Frieda.
(c) K.'s ability to follow rules.
(d) K.'s work as a surveyor.

14. What does K. hope to ask Klamm for, when he meets with him?
(a) A job in the Castle.
(b) Frieda's hand in marriage.
(c) A permanent surveyor job.
(d) Favors.

15. How does K. feel when he leaves the meeting with the chairman?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Mournful.
(c) Happy.
(d) Unsatisfied.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Frieda and K. make love?

2. Who does K. meet on the road?

3. How does the teacher say K. treated the chairman?

4. Where does K. say he could stay, if Frieda's mother kicked him out?

5. What is the chairman suffering from?

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