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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does K. tell the messengers the sound is from when the guards scream as they’re beaten in “The Thrasher”?
(a) An owl passing the window
(b) A woman in the alley
(c) A howling dog
(d) Him sneezing

2. What season is described in the opening of “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?
(a) Summer
(b) Spring
(c) Winter
(d) Autumn

3. How does Titorelli say he came to his position with the courts in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”?
(a) He applied as an apprentice
(b) He inherited it
(c) He knew the high court judge
(d) He got a recommendation from Dr. Huld

4. Titorelli tells K. in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter” that if it weren’t for what, he’d have left this studio long ago?
(a) The fact that it’s free
(b) The fact that it allows pets
(c) The fact that it is his father’s
(d) The fact that it’s close to the courthouse

5. To whom does K. say in “The Thrasher,” “It’s about time you cleared out that lumber-room. We’re drowning in filth”?
(a) The messengers
(b) The Examining Magistrate
(c) The Usher.
(d) The Usher’s Wife

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

3. The Deputy Manager invites K. to a party where on the same day as K.’s hearing in the beginning of “The First Hearing”?

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

5. What word used in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices” refers to a complete change of form, structure, or substance?

(see the answer key)

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