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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When K. sees a woman who appears to be Fräulein Bürstner in “The End,” he takes “the direction the woman in front of them was taking, not because he wanted to catch up with her, not because he wanted to see her for as long as possible, but solely so as not to forget” what?
(a) The brutality she represented for him
(b) The innocence she represented for him
(c) The admonition she represented for him
(d) The temptation she represented for him

2. It’s after what time when K. rings on Herr Huld’s door in the beginning of “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?
(a) 10
(b) 11
(c) 8
(d) Midnight

3. Herr Huld tells K. in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer” that his maid finds almost all of whom attractive?
(a) The judges
(b) The carpenters
(c) The defendants
(d) The priests

4. What does one of the guards do to K. after they’ve stopped and rested outside the city in “The End”?
(a) He wraps a rope around K.’s neck
(b) He removes K.’s jacket and shirt
(c) He gets on his knees and prays for K
(d) He forces K. to light a bonfire

5. As K. resists against the two strangers who take him away from his apartment in “The End,” he envisions what creatures tearing their own legs off?
(a) Rats
(b) Roaches
(c) Bats
(d) Flies

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Herr Huld’s maid give to K. so that he can return and visit her in “His Uncle – Leni”?

2. The judge who Herr Huld spoke to about Block said of Block in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer,” “Block’s just cunning. He’s gathered a lot of experience and knows how to” what?

3. How does Titorelli say he came to his position with the courts in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”?

4. The narrator says in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter” that “the hierarchy and upper echelons of the court were” what?

5. Herr Block tells K. in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer” that waiting is not pointless. “The only thing that is pointless is” what?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is K.’s character similar to Job from the Old Testament?

2. What does Uncle Karl relate to K. about his actions and their reflection on the family in “His Uncle – Leni”?

3. How can K.’s character be seen as a reflection of Adam from the Bible in The Trial?

4. How is the character of Leni described in “His Uncle – Leni”?

5. Who does K. meet with in his office in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”? What does this character give to K.?

6. What does Block tell K. about his impressions on the defendants in the Court Offices in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?

7. What is K. supposed to do with the butcher knife in “The End”? What does he do instead?

8. What does the character of Titorelli represent symbolically in The Trial?

9. How has K.’s plight as an individual against society turned out in “The End”?

10. How would you characterize the relationship between Block and Dr. Huld in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?

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