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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter.

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) At his estate
(c) At the office
(d) On his yacht

2. What name, meaning the servants of an army, does K. call the Examining Magistrate and the others of the courtroom as he exits in “The First Hearing”?
(a) Rubes
(b) Blackguards
(c) Jesters
(d) Court-royals

3. What is K.’s first name in the novel?
(a) James
(b) Josef
(c) Peter
(d) Franz

4. What word, used by Herr Huld’s maid in “His Uncle – Leni,” means refusing to agree or compromise; inflexible?
(a) Intransigent
(b) Intolerable
(c) Exultant
(d) Participatory

5. The narrator describes K. as generally staying at the office until what time in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
(a) 9
(b) 8
(c) 11
(d) 10

Short Answer Questions

1. By what nickname does the narrator say K. used to refer to his uncle as in “His Uncle – Leni”?

2. On what day of the week does K. return to the courtroom in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?

3. What word from “The First Hearing” refers to a child’s apron or woman’s sleeveless garment worn over a dress?

4. The narrator says in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter” that when K. visits Herr Huld, Huld’s maid always makes a point of doing what?

5. The woman who moves in with Fraülein Bürstner holds what profession?

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