1. Franz Kafka spent most of his life in the city where he was also born. Which city? Prague Berlin Vienna Memel

2. "The Trial" is Kafka's most famous work. What is the protagonist's name? K. Josef K. He is never referred to by name Hans Castorp

3. Before dying, Kafka requested that all his manuscripts be destroyed. We can read them only because a friend of Kafka disregarded this last wish. True False

4. A novel first called "Der Verschollene" ("Missing"), published in 1927, was later retitled. What was the new title? Jakob von Gunten The Judgment Amerika In the Penal Colony

5. Starring Anthony Perkins and Jeanne Moreau, this 1963 adaptation of "The Trial" is ranked among the best works of a famous American film director. What is his name? Answer: (Both names or just last name.)

6. In Kafka's best known short story, "The Metamorphosis", Gregor Samsa wakes up one day to... find that he is dead find that he has lost the ability to speak find himself surrounded by men in gray suits find himself transformed into a giant insect

7. In "The Castle", K. arrives as a stranger in a village with a castle. Which phrase gives the better account of his adventures throughout the novel? He strives to be accepted by the villagers and never gains access to the castle He is summoned to the castle and lost in an immense bureaucracy He is employed as a teacher and becomes suspected of misguidance He marries a waitress and forgets why he once sought the castle

8. Kafka's novels are considered masterpieces of modern fiction. Nonetheless, two of them are unfinished. True False

9. Kafka had several girlfriends, two to whom he wrote heaps of letters. These letters were published later. What were the names of these two women? Dora and Felice Julia and Dora Frieda and Milena Felice and Milena

10. Where does the protagonist of "The Trial" work? At a dry goods establishment At a theatre In a bank In municipal administration