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The World of Kafka Trivia Quiz

See what you know about the life and works of this master of.. hmm, existential suspense?

A multiple-choice quiz by gunstone. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
gunstone

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
88,649

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
777

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Question 1 of 10

1. Franz Kafka spent most of his life in the city where he was also born. Which city? Hint

Vienna

Prague

Berlin

Memel

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Question 2 of 10

2. "The Trial" is Kafka's most famous work. What is the protagonist's name? Hint

Hans Castorp

He is never referred to by name

Josef K.

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Question 3 of 10

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

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Question 4 of 10

4. A novel first called "Der Verschollene" ("Missing"), published in 1927, was later retitled. What was the new title? Hint

The Judgment

Jakob von Gunten

In the Penal Colony

Amerika

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Question 5 of 10

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.)

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Question 6 of 10

6. In Kafka's best known short story, "The Metamorphosis", Gregor Samsa wakes up one day to... Hint

find that he has lost the ability to speak

find that he is dead

find himself transformed into a giant insect

find himself surrounded by men in gray suits

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Question 7 of 10

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? Hint

He is employed as a teacher and becomes suspected of misguidance

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 marries a waitress and forgets why he once sought the castle

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Question 8 of 10

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

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

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? Hint

Felice and Milena

Frieda and Milena

Dora and Felice

Julia and Dora

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Question 10 of 10

10. Where does the protagonist of "The Trial" work? Hint

At a dry goods establishment

At a theatre

In a bank

In municipal administration

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

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

Answer: Prague

He was born in Prague in 1883. He lived for one year in Berlin and died in a sanatorium outside Vienna in 1924.

2. "The Trial" is Kafka's most famous work. What is the protagonist's name?

Answer: Josef K.

K. is the protagonist's name in another Kafka novel, "The Castle". Hans Castorp belongs in Thomas Mann's novel "The Magic Mountain".

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.

Answer: True

Kafka published only a few stories while he was alive; the bulk of his work was published posthumously thanks to Max Brod, his friend and biographer. Possibly literature's most cherished betrayal..

4. A novel first called "Der Verschollene" ("Missing"), published in 1927, was later retitled. What was the new title?

Answer: Amerika

"The Judgment" and "In the Penal Colony" are other, shorter works by Kafka, whereas "Jakob von Gunten" is a novel (and a great one) by Swiss writer Robert Walser, whom Kafka was allegedly first thought to be imitating.

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: Orson Welles

Another and less illustrious adaptation was made in 1993, starring Kyle MacLachlan.

6. In Kafka's best known short story, "The Metamorphosis", Gregor Samsa wakes up one day to...

Answer: find himself transformed into a giant insect

Indeed the bugger was.

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?

Answer: He strives to be accepted by the villagers and never gains access to the castle

K. is summoned to the village as a land surveyor, but never employed as such. He is briefly (and condescendingly) engaged as a caretaker at the village school, and he has a sad and short-lived love affair with a woman who works in a taproom.

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

Answer: True

"The Castle" and "Amerika" are both unfinished works. Kafka himself actually considered "The Trial" to be unfinished as well, but this point of view is shared by few.

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?

Answer: Felice and Milena

The full name of the girls are Felice Bauer and Milena Jesensk�, who was also his translator into Czech. Julia was his mother's name. Dora Diamant was his companion for the last year of his life.

10. Where does the protagonist of "The Trial" work?

Answer: In a bank

Kafka's father Hermann owned a dry goods establishment.

Source: Author gunstone

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