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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What character is described in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach” as a girl “who worked serving in a wine-bar during the night and well into the morning, and during the daytime only received visitors from her bed”?

2. What do the two guards do with K.’s breakfast when it arrives in “The Arrest”?

3. One of the guards being thrashed in “The Thrasher” says that he and his partner had prospects of being promoted to what position before getting into trouble?

4. What do the guards offer to fetch for K. “for a small sum of money” in “The Arrest”?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the Examining Magistrate’s books described in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”? What happens to the Usher’s Wife in the chapter?

2. How is the character of Frau Grubach introduced in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

3. Who does K. find at the courtroom on the week after his first hearing in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?

4. How is K.’s behavior toward Fraülein Bürstner in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach” relative to his actions as a whole in the novel?

5. How is the atmosphere of the setting described in “In the Empty Conference Hall – The Student – The Offices”?

6. Why is K. incapable of handling his trial in the same ways that he handles his work at the bank?

7. What is K.’s reaction to the invitation given him by the Deputy Manager in “The First Hearing”?

8. How are the people in the courtroom situated in “The First Hearing”? How is this arrangement symbolic?

9. How is the weather described on the day K. goes to find the courthouse in “The First Hearing”? How is K.’s demeanor?

10. Who is Fraülein Bürstner? How is her character described in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the characters of Dr. Huld and the Chief Clerk in “His Uncle – Leni.” Where is the Chief Clerk hidden during the first part of K. and his uncle’s visit? What does this character represent symbolically in the story? What are K.’s initial impressions of Dr. Huld?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Frau Grubach in the novel. How old is Frau Grubach? Why does she “depend on” K.? How much money do you think she’s borrowed from him? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the characters of Franz and Willem in the novel. Why does K. attempt to save Franz and Willem from the Thrasher? How have the demeanors of these characters changed since their initial introduction in “The Arrest”? Why?

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