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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time does K. plan to arrive at the courtroom on the day of his first hearing in “The First Hearing”?
(a) 9
(b) 8
(c) 7
(d) 6

2. Where does K. see Kaminer on his way to the courtroom in “The First Hearing”?
(a) At a café
(b) At the library
(c) On a train
(d) On a bus

3. Herr Block says in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer,” “I will remind you of the old axiom: ‘For a suspect, movement is better than staying still, for someone who is still can always, without realizing it, be in the scales and be weighed with’” what?
(a) His sins
(b) His innocence
(c) His truth
(d) Justice

4. How long does Herr Block say his trial has been going on in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?
(a) Over a year
(b) Over 5 years
(c) Over 2 years
(d) Over six months

5. How old is K.’s trial said to be in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?
(a) 3 months old
(b) 1 year old
(c) 2 years old
(d) 6 months old

Short Answer Questions

1. What is K.’s first name in the novel?

2. K. tells the guards who are to be thrashed in “The Thrasher,” “I didn’t complain, I just said what had happened in my apartment. And your behavior wasn’t exactly” what?

3. Which of the guards does the Thrasher say got fat from eating breakfasts at all his arrests in “The Thrasher”?

4. Herr Block tells K. after the maid’s disappearance that she’s probably in the kitchen making what for Herr Huld in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?

5. When does the Examining Magistrate in the courtroom say K. should have been there when K. arrives in “The First Hearing”?

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