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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through His Uncle - Leni.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Usher tells K. as they pass through the waiting room of the Court Offices in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices,” “Most of the defendants are very” what?
(a) Anxious
(b) Sensitive
(c) Insensitive
(d) Judicial

2. By what nickname does the narrator say K. used to refer to his uncle as in “His Uncle – Leni”?
(a) The Ghost from the Country
(b) The Elder from the Mountains
(c) The Wandering Gypsy
(d) The Old Man on the Hill

3. What word used in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices” refers to a complete change of form, structure, or substance?
(a) Stasis
(b) Equipoise
(c) Parity
(d) Metamorphosis

4. Uncle Karl says to K. in “His Uncle – Leni,” “Do you want to lose the trial? Do you know what that means? That means you’ll simply be” what?
(a) Incarcerated
(b) Sentenced to die
(c) Acquitted
(d) Deleted

5. On what street is K.’s courtroom said to be located in “The First Hearing”?
(a) Friedrichstrasse
(b) Juliusstrasse
(c) Ringstrasse
(d) Kopenhagener Strasse

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Thrasher’s outfit made from in “The Thrasher”?

2. What word from “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices” refers to a person engaged in a lawsuit?

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

4. What is written on the piece of paper “in clumsy, childish handwriting” by the stairwell to the loft in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?

5. To whom does K. say in “The Thrasher,” “It’s about time you cleared out that lumber-room. We’re drowning in filth”?

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