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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The First Hearing.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Deputy Manager invites K. to a party where on the same day as K.’s hearing in the beginning of “The First Hearing”?
(a) At his church
(b) On his yacht
(c) At his estate
(d) At the office

2. At what time does Fraülein Bürstner return home in the evening as K. waits for her arrival in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
(a) 11:00
(b) 12:00
(c) 1:30
(d) 11:30

3. Which of the subordinate bank employees in “The Arrest” is described as “blond with deep-set eyes”?
(a) Franz
(b) Kullich
(c) Willem
(d) Rabensteiner

4. What word refers to a fictional society that is in some important way undesirable or frightening?
(a) Dystopia
(b) Malfunction
(c) Utopia
(d) Malatopia

5. What does K. drink shots of from his wall cabinet while the guards watch him in the beginning of “The Arrest”?
(a) Vodka
(b) Whiskey
(c) Gin
(d) Schnapps

Short Answer Questions

1. The next room to K.’s in “The Arrest” has been taken by “a typist, who went off to work very early and came back late.” What is this character’s name?

2. K. decides when looking for the courtroom in “The First Hearing” to ask around for a carpenter named what?

3. Where does Fraülein Bürstner say Frau Grubach’s nephew is sleeping in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

4. When K. is met by scowling children on his way up the stairs to the courtroom in “The First Hearing,” he thinks to himself, “If I have to come here again, I’ll either have to bring some sweets, to win them over, or” what?

5. Where does Frau Grubach say Fraülein Bürstner has gone in the evening when K. returns home in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

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