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The Trial

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The Trial

Franz Kafka

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Joseph K. works in a

(A) shop

(B) bank

(D) used cd store

After he gives his speech at the first interrogation, K. notices that the members of the audience are wearing

(A) wigs

(B) badges

(D) funny hats

The young washer-woman offers herself to K. the second time they meet. But before any crazy Kafka sex ensues, she is carried off by

(A) the tinker

(B) the tailor

(D) the spy

Fraulein Montag teaches

(A) German

(B) French

(D) Salsa

Who is punishing the two warders in the lumber room?

(A) The Whipper

(B) The Gipper

(D) The Big Bopper

The law student is described as

(A) bow-legged

(B) knock-kneed

(D) flat-footed

Uncle Karl lives

(A) abroad

(B) on a boat

(D) in the country.

Leni is the lawyer's

(A) nurse

(B) sister

(D) daughter

What is Titorelli's connection to the Court?

(A) He arrests accused men

(B) He paints officials' portraits

(D) He dry-cleans judicial robes

When K. steps out of Titorelli's room, he finds himself in

(A) a charming bistro

(B) a race against time

(D) more Law Court Offices

Who is supposed to meet K. at the cathedral?

(A) Leni

(B) An Italian client

(D) Ms. Prague 1914

Whom does K. meet instead?

(A) A prison chaplain

(B) A judge

(D) Miss Prague, 1914

What does the doorkeeper give the man from the country who requests admittance to the Law?

(A) A stool

(B) A pen

(D) A pointy stick

The doorkeeper is described as having the beard of a

(A) Berber

(B) Tartar

(D) Tutor

Block has a secret that would anger the lawyer if the lawyer knew it. What is Block's secret?

(A) His father was a famous lawyer-hater

(B) He has hired other lawyers for his case

(D) Sometimes he likes to try on the lawyer's robes

K. is recommended to Titorelli by

(A) Leni

(B) the manufacturer

(D) Uncle Karl

What is Joseph K.'s surname?

(A) Stimson

(B) Vanderhoff

(D) We are not told

Where does The Trial take place?

(A) Berlin

(B) Budapest

(D) We are not told

Where did Kafka spend most of his life?

(A) Vienna

(B) Prague

(D) EuroDisney

Kafka wrote in

(A) his bathrobe

(B) his slippers

(D) German

Joseph K. declares that he has been killed like a

(A) cat

(B) rat

(D) giant cockroach

Since we don't know her first name, we might say that Fraulein Burstner's initials are

(A) F.F.

(B) B.B.

(D) F.B.

Throughout the manuscript of the unfinished novel, Kafka referred to Fraulein Burstner simply as

(A) "that woman"

(B) Fraulein Burstner, P.I.

(D) F.B.

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