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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. Why does the teacher say the offer is a great favor?

2. Who leases the inn to the landlady and landlord?

3. What does K. tell Frieda's mother he wants to see Klamm for?

4. What is the weather like the morning after K. arrives?

5. Why does K. step into a house on the way to the Castle?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does K. feel at the end of Chapter VIII?

2. What do Artur and Jeremias know about land surveying?

3. How does K. feel when he goes to see the village chairman?

4. What does the coachman tell K. about Klamm's arrival at the coach?

5. What does K. believe is the reason that Hans and his family never received favors from Klamm?

6. What does K. ask Frieda about when he first meets her?

7. Who are the people in the house K. stops at on his way toward the Castle?

8. What is K.'s attitude toward the gentleman in Chapter IX?

9. What does K. call Artur and Jeremias and why?

10. How does the chairman's wife act during K.'s visit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the ideas of deception and of using people in the novel.

1) Is K. misleading toward Hans when he offers to see if he can help Hans' mother? Does it matter what K.'s goal and intentions are?

2) Do K. and Frieda use each other? Do they deceive each other about their motives? Does it matter?

3) How does the culture of the village and the Castle encourage deception and using people?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of social rules and pressure in THE CASTLE.

1) How does the community impose unwritten laws in THE CASTLE?

2) What are the consequences of defying unwritten laws in THE CASTLE? How do the consequences differ for K. and for Amalia's family?

3) What are the benefits and drawbacks of social conformity in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of women in THE CASTLE.

1) What role does Amalia play in the novel? What is her role as a woman in the village's culture? How does she defy that role, and what are the consequences?

2) What role does Frieda play in the novel? Does she use her gender to gain a social advantage? How does the culture promote that behavior?

3) What role does the landlady play in the novel? What does her position say about the role of women in the society?

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