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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Conversation with Frau Grubach.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the guards offer to fetch for K. “for a small sum of money” in “The Arrest”?
(a) His clothing
(b) Breakfast
(c) Lunch
(d) His landlady

2. Where does Fraülein Bürstner say Frau Grubach’s nephew is sleeping in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
(a) In the kitchen
(b) In the basement
(c) In the living room
(d) In the adjoining bedroom

3. When does Fraülein Bürstner say she’s starting work as a secretary at a lawyer’s office when speaking with K. in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
(a) Next week
(b) Tomorrow
(c) Next month
(d) Next year

4. What is the name of the second guard that tells K. that he’s under arrest in “The Arrest”?
(a) Kaminer
(b) Franz
(c) Willem
(d) Hasterer

5. What is K.’s position at the bank where he works in the novel?
(a) Chief Financial Officer
(b) President
(c) Morning desk clerk
(d) Vice-President

Short Answer Questions

1. What subordinate bank employee is described in “The Arrest” as having an “intolerable smile caused by a chronic muscular spasm”?

2. Which of the subordinate bank employees in “The Arrest” is described as “blond with deep-set eyes”?

3. What countries comprised the Allied Powers in the beginning of World War I?

4. Whose cook is said to bring K. his breakfast around eight every morning in “The Arrest”?

5. What does K. do before leaving Fraülein Bürstner’s room in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

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