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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. K. thinks to himself as he is escorted from his apartment by the strangers in “The End,” “The only thing I can do now is to retain a calm clarity of mind right to the end. I was always trying to interfere in the world with” what?

2. K. asks the two men who appear at his apartment in the beginning of “The End” at which what are they engaged?

3. What word from “In the Cathedral” refers to an official of a church charged with tending to the care of the edifice and its contents, ringing the bell, and sometimes with burying the dead?

4. What does the Priest call out as K. attempts to slip out of the cathedral in “In the Cathedral”?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the women in the novel similar to Gatekeepers?

2. How is K. first introduced to Herr Block in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?

3. In what ways does K. demonstrate the theme of the individual versus society in The Trial?

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

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

7. How does the parable from “In the Cathedral” relate to the story as a whole?

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

9. What is K. contemplating in the opening of “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”?

10. How is the character of Titorelli described in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the setting established in “The Arrest.” How large is the boarding house where K. lives with Frau Grubach and others? What part of town is the boarding house located in? How far away is the bank where K. works?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the character of Leni in the novel. What draws K. to this character? What promises does Leni make to K. in “His Uncle – Leni”? How does K. respond when he sees Leni’s “physical defect”? Why?

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