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Quiz about How well do you know the works of Franz Kafka

How well do you know the works of Franz Kafka? Quiz

Franz Kafka was a remarkable author. Everyone at one time or another has heard the word "Kafkaesque" which draws its meaning directly from Kafka and his works. These are some examples of "Kafkaesque" events. How well do you know them?

A multiple-choice quiz by 3206. Estimated time: 5 mins.

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which of these short stories of Kafka ends with the lead character Georg Bendeman jumping off a traffic bridge and drowning himself? Hint

The Trial

The Great Wall of China

The Metamorphosis

The Judgment

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Question 2 of 10

2. In the Kafka novel "The Trial" Joseph K is offered help with his 'case' from an unusual extralegal source. What was the occupation of this person who offered to help Joseph K out with his case? Hint

A Policeman

A Deli Cook

The General Manager of a Bank

The Court Painter

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Question 3 of 10

3. In the short story "The Penal Colony", an inmate was being sentenced to death. What was his crime that earned this sentence? Hint

Assaulting the visiting Explorer by biting him on the leg.

Murdering another inmate by stabbing him to death

Not waking up every hour on the hour and saluting the door of the officer's home he was supposed to be guarding.

Openly and loudly criticizing the Commandant's policies.

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Question 4 of 10

4. One of Kafka's short stories deals with a horse that is becoming a lawyer.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. In the novel "The Trial" Joseph K opened an old lumber room at the bank where he worked, and to his surprise saw the two deputies who arrested him along with another man, also a court officer. What were they doing? Hint

They were playing dice for Joseph K's personal belongings.

The two deputies were being whipped by the third man, a court officer, for stealing Joseph K's breakfast and some of his clothes when they arrested him.

They were drinking and laughing about how they had "framed" Joseph K for his crime.

They were discussing how they could get Joseph K fired from his job at the bank.

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Question 6 of 10

6. In the short story "The Metamorphosis " we all know that Gregor Samsa awoke and found that he had turned into a giant insect. What however was his occupation before this happened? Hint

He was a lawyer.

He was an army officer.

He was a bank clerk.

He was a commercial traveller (salesman)

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Question 7 of 10

7. In Kafka's short story "The Great Wall of China" what was the reason given for not building the Great Wall in a straight unbroken line but rather in short unconnected stretches that were gradually all connected together by continually filling in the gaps? Hint

That the government was not sure exactly where they wanted the wall to run and they decided as they went along.

The materials needed to build the wall could not be brought at once to one location so they had to build it in many locations at once.

That the emperor could not bring all the skilled people necessary to the same place to work so it had to be done piecemeal.

Building the wall in a straight line would cause too many feelings of hopelessness and despair among the workmen who would believe it could never be finished.

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Question 8 of 10

8. We all know in the short story " A Report to the Academy" that the "report" is given by an ape who through his own efforts became more human than ape, and indeed learned to speak and became accepted as a phenomenon. What part of the body did he state that apes construct their thoughts with? Hint

Their toes.

Their bellies.

Their ears.

Their feet.

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Question 9 of 10

9. It was a specific request of Franz Kafka's that most of his literary works be burned after his death.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. In the short story "The Hunter Grachus", what problem did the hunter face? Hint

His wife did not want him to go on long extended hunting trips.

He could not kill the Great Black Bear

He was dead but could not get to the next world.

He was wounded hunting in the forest and could not get help.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of these short stories of Kafka ends with the lead character Georg Bendeman jumping off a traffic bridge and drowning himself?

Answer: The Judgment

The ungrateful son was sentenced to death by "drowning" by his father so as an obedient son he went and jumped off the bridge to end this story.

Answer: The Court Painter

Titorelli the Court painter offered his services to Joseph K. He stated he could help him get an "ostensible acquittal" or "indefinite postponement" of his case but not a "not guilty" or "innocent' verdict because to his knowledge they did not exist.

3. In the short story "The Penal Colony", an inmate was being sentenced to death. What was his crime that earned this sentence?

Answer: Not waking up every hour on the hour and saluting the door of the officer's home he was supposed to be guarding.

Yes, he was sentenced to death for not waking up and saluting the officer's door on the hour. How else can you keep discipline and order?

4. One of Kafka's short stories deals with a horse that is becoming a lawyer.

Answer: True

The "New Advocate" deals with the admission to the bar of "Dr. Bucephalus", the great "battle charger" who belonged to and was ridden by Alexander the Great.

Answer: The two deputies were being whipped by the third man, a court officer, for stealing Joseph K's breakfast and some of his clothes when they arrested him.

Only in a Kafka story would you run into this bizarre turn of events. The deputies begged Joseph K to help them and stop the whipping, and he in fact offered a bribe to the officer, who turned it down because he felt if he accepted it he would be the next one being whipped.

6. In the short story "The Metamorphosis " we all know that Gregor Samsa awoke and found that he had turned into a giant insect. What however was his occupation before this happened?

Answer: He was a commercial traveller (salesman)

Yes, Gregor was a salesman until that morning, supporting his mother, father, and sister, who eventually abandoned him. That's some gratitude.

Answer: Building the wall in a straight line would cause too many feelings of hopelessness and despair among the workmen who would believe it could never be finished.

In the story anyway, the fact was that the emperor or "high command" felt (probably correctly) that the workers would be overwhelmed at the size of the task if the wall was built from one end to the other. They decided on the piecemeal strategy, so that as the workers were moved from one location to the other they would be heartened and uplifted seeing the other portions of the wall going up all around them.

Answer: Their bellies.

Yes, as part of his lecture to the academy this ape stated that apes construct thoughts in their bellies.

9. It was a specific request of Franz Kafka's that most of his literary works be burned after his death.

Answer: True

Fortunately for us this did not happen.

10. In the short story "The Hunter Grachus", what problem did the hunter face?

Answer: He was dead but could not get to the next world.

The poor hunter could only travel the earth on his ship, and could not make it to the next world because of an error of the ships pilot. He was doomed to wander the earth forever on his bier.

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