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In a story by this author, a character thinks “the whole world is growing smaller every day” before being told “You only need to change your direction” and getting eaten by a cat. This author of “A Little Fable” wrote that (20[1])“the Sirens (20[1])have (20[1])a still more fatal weapon than their song, namely their silence.” In a fable by this author, a dying man is told that a door was only for him (20[3])after (20[3])a (*) gatekeeper (10[2])refuses (10[1])him (10[5])entrance. (10[1]) In a short story by this author, a man sits in a cage with (10[1])straw for forty days (10[1])of (10[1])fasting (10[1])before he (10[1])dies. (10[3])In a novel (10[1])by this author of “A Hunger (10[1])Artist,” (10[1])a (10[1])man (10[1])is told (10[2])the parable “Before the Law” before being taken to a quarry and shot “like a dog.” For 10 points, name this author who featured Josef K. in the novel The Trial. ■END■ (10[3])

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