The reader learns later in the book that the telephone system is really just a diversion for the Castle officials and one never actually talks to who they want to. What, then, is the significance, if any, of the phone calls K. and others make?

Should K. doubt Barnabas's stories about the Castle?

Why does Amalia dislike the fact that Barnabas is messenger?

In what way do Amalia's and Kafka's attitudes towards the community agree or disagree?

Does K. understand what Buergel is saying to him?

Whose interpretation of Frieda is correct—Kafka's or Pepi's?

Why does K. immediately agree to stay with the coachman after already accepting Pepi's offer to stay with her and the chambermaids?