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

2. Who does K. say he might be able to help medically?

3. Why does K. go to see Barnabas in Chapter XV?

4. Whose secretary is Buergel?

5. What does K. take when he leaves Olga's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Frieda afraid might happen to he if her mother's warnings are right?

2. How does K. respond to what Barnabas tells him about the Castle?

3. When does K. plan on visiting Hans' mother?

4. What does Amalia accuse K. of using Barnabas for?

5. Where do Jeremias and Frieda go to work after K. leaves?

6. What does Buergel say might happen at a meeting in the middle of the night?

7. How long does K. need to wait to see Erlanger?

8. What did Olga do to try to remove her family's disgrace?

9. What reason does Amalia give K. that he will have to come visit them more often?

10. What happens to Jeremias and Artur when they are not together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the unspoken and unwritten rules in the novel.

1) What are the rules of behavior in the village? How do the people in the village know those rules?

2) What are the rules of behavior for secretaries in the Castle? How do the Castle employees know those rules?

3) What does K. think of unspoken and unwritten rules? What is the result of his attitude?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the novel, the characters desire favors from the upper class. Favors allow characters to get ahead in life, but both how they are acquired and whether they are deserved is ill-defined. Discuss the role of favors in the novel.

1) Is the lease of the Bridge Inn and the marriage between the landlady and landlord all a favor from Klamm to the landlady? In what ways is it ambiguous? What role does Klamm play in the landlady receiving these things?

2) What does K. expect to receive from Klamm? What does he believe you need to do to receive a favor?

3) What are characters in the novel willing to do for favors? Under what circumstances do the characters receive good things? Is it related to their actions?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the setting of the novel.

1) Discuss the Castle as part of the setting of the novel. Why does the reader never visit the inside of the Castle? How does the reader learn about the Castle? What does the appearance and structure of the Castle say about it and about the village?

2) How does the setting of the village influence the novel?

3) Why do the inns become a major part of the novel's setting? What is the importance of the two inns in the novel?

4) What significance does the schoolhouse have as a setting?

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