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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. 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

2. The woman who moves in with Fraülein Bürstner holds what profession?
(a) She is a lawyer
(b) She is a banker
(c) She is a teacher
(d) She is a secretary

3. By what name does Uncle Karl introduce himself to Herr Huld when he and K. arrive at Huld’s home in “His Uncle – Leni”?
(a) Roger
(b) James
(c) Bertold
(d) Albert

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?
(a) Some teacakes from my house
(b) My stick to beat them
(c) My pocketbook to pay them
(d) My steel-toed boots to kick them

5. In the ending of “The Thrasher,” K. waits to ensure he’s alone as he leaves his office, then goes home “weary and his mind” what?
(a) A blank
(b) On a brink
(c) Enraptured
(d) Racing

Short Answer Questions

1. When K. enters the hallway to see what the crashing sound was at Herr Huld’s home, Huld’s maid tells K. that the noise was caused by what, in “His Uncle – Leni”?

2. The first book in the courtroom that K. looks at in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices” is a book of what?

3. By what mode of transportation does K. travel to Titorelli’s home in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”?

4. What does K. say repeatedly to the woman and man who help him out of the Court Offices in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?

5. How is Erna related to K.’s Uncle Karl?

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