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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. By what method of transportation does K. get to the cathedral in “In the Cathedral”?
2. What is the name of the young maid who works for Herr Huld in “His Uncle – Leni”?
3. Herr Block tells K. after the maid’s disappearance that she’s probably in the kitchen making what for Herr Huld in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?
4. The narrator says in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter” that when K. visits Herr Huld, Huld’s maid always makes a point of doing what?
5. At what time does the Italian Businessman suggest meeting K. at the cathedral in “In the Cathedral”?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is K. first introduced to Herr Block in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?
2. What is K.’s duty with the Italian Businessman in “In the Cathedral”? What does the Italian represent symbolically to K.?
3. What does Titorelli explain to K. about the nature of the system in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”?
4. Who does K. meet with in his office in “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”? What does this character give to K.?
5. How has K.’s plight as an individual against society turned out in “The End”?
6. How is the setting described in the opening of “The End”? Where is K. taken?
7. What is K. contemplating in the opening of “The Lawyer – The Factory-Owner – The Painter”?
8. In what ways does K. demonstrate the theme of the individual versus society in The Trial?
9. How does the parable from “In the Cathedral” relate to the story as a whole?
10. How is the character of Block described in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”? What was his position prior to his trial?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze K.’s objectives and obstacles when he commits to the action of kissing Fraülein Bürstner in “A Conversation with Frau Grubach.” What does K. hope to achieve through this action? Is he successful? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the existentialist, absurdist, surrealist, and experimental modernist movements of literature. How do critics and scholars define the style of Kafka’s works? What different genres comprise Kafka’s body of works? What elements of these literary styles can be seen in The Trial?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and discuss the character of Josef K. as the protagonist of The Trial. What was K.’s life like prior to the arrival of the guards that appear in “The Arrest”? What is K.’s position within his society? What do you find to be K.’s “fatal flaw” in the story?
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