View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frieda think of K.'s conversation with Hans?
(a) K. was deceptive.
(b) K. was argumentative.
(c) K. was judgemental.
(d) K. was helpful.

2. What did Frieda's mother warn her about K.?
(a) That K. was lazy and stubborn.
(b) That K. was violent and abusive.
(c) That K. was manipulative and ambitious.
(d) That K. was drunken and sullen.

3. What is Frieda doing when K. returns to the schoolhouse in Chapter XV?
(a) Telling stories to the children.
(b) Mopping the floors.
(c) Bathing a cat.
(d) Sorting the library books.

4. What type of apprenticeship does Barnabas have?
(a) Shoemaker.
(b) Milliner.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) Apothecary.

5. Who does Barnabas deliver a message from during Chapter XXI?
(a) Frieda.
(b) Klamm.
(c) One of Klamm's secretaries.
(d) A castle guard.

6. How effective is bribing Castle officials?
(a) Ineffective but tolerated.
(b) Effective, if the bribe is large enough.
(c) Ineffective and usually resulting in criminal prosecution.
(d) Effective, if the bribe is given to the right official.

7. Had other families been disgraced in the past?
(a) No, it had never happened before.
(b) Yes, and they had recovered.
(c) Yes, and they had not recovered.
(d) No, except for a rumored family long ago that may not exist.

8. What type of interrogations does Buergel say are best for the person being interrogated?
(a) Daytime interrogations.
(b) Interrogations at the person's home.
(c) Interrogations at the Castle.
(d) Nighttime interrogations.

9. What was the family's response to being ostracized by the community?
(a) To complain constantly to whoever would listen.
(b) To write letters to the Castle.
(c) To do nothing.
(d) To snub the most prominent members of the community.

10. Who does Olga believe is the source of their misfortune?
(a) Sortini's servant.
(b) The fire department.
(c) Klamm.
(d) Sortini.

11. Who is Galater?
(a) Klamm's substitute.
(b) Klamm's uncle.
(c) Klamm's boss.
(d) Klamm's new secretary.

12. What would happen to Amalia's father when he went into the Castle?
(a) He would be unable to see anyone, even a clerk.
(b) He would see an official, but get no results.
(c) He would get sent back out.
(d) He would see a clerk or guard, but get no results.

13. Who does Olga say is the head of their family?
(a) Their mother.
(b) Their father.
(c) Barnabas.
(d) Amalia.

14. What did Sortini order Amalia to do in his letter?
(a) Meet him at the festival.
(b) Come to the Castle.
(c) Meet him in the schoolhouse.
(d) Come to the Gentlemen's Inn.

15. What does K. see being delivered in the Gentlemen's Inn, as the morning approaches?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Books.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Files.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is waiting at the meeting place when K. gets there?

2. What do the gentlemen in the Gentlemen's Inn do to call the landlord?

3. What was the family forced to do?

4. Who controlled the family's response to being ostracized by the community?

5. How was Amalia's father punished for her disobedience?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 520 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample