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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grete try to convince her parents about Gregor?
(a) He would be happier outside.
(b) Gregor can take care of himself.
(c) The beetle is no longer Gregor.
(d) The beetle is Gregor.

2. What kind of role does Gregor take over in the family in the third part of the book?
(a) Guardian.
(b) Outcast.
(c) Pet.
(d) Patriarch.

3. What kind of fears did Gregor exhibit in his human life?
(a) Political fears.
(b) Irrational fears.
(c) Existential fears.
(d) Religious fears.

4. What could Gregor's speech potentially arouse in others, if understood?
(a) Great sympathy.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Immense disgust.
(d) Confusion.

5. What causes The Lodgers to eventually leave the family's home?
(a) The sight of Gregor.
(b) The small accommodations.
(c) The terrible, rotten food.
(d) Grete's violin playing.

6. How is Gregor's family dependent on Gregor?
(a) Love.
(b) Financially.
(c) Guilty conscience.
(d) Family obligation.

7. Who turns against Gregor in the third part of The Metamorphosis?
(a) The Charwoman.
(b) Grete.
(c) Gregor's mother.
(d) The Lodgers.

8. What will Grete never figure out about Gregor in his beetle state?
(a) He prefers his room dirty rather than clean.
(b) He has retained human consciousness.
(c) His feelings for her have changed now that he is a beetle.
(d) It is painful for him to stand on his back legs.

9. In spite of his new situation, what is the only thing Gregor thinks about?
(a) His family.
(b) The neighborhood.
(c) His boss.
(d) His ex-girlfriend.

10. How do The Lodgers react to Grete's violin playing?
(a) Dismissive and disinterested.
(b) Observant and critical.
(c) Genuinely captivated.
(d) Moved to tears.

11. What will the Gregor family have no way of knowing with regards to the beetle?
(a) It has Gregor's thoughts.
(b) It is no longer Gregor.
(c) It has the ability to kill them.
(d) It has the ability to love them.

12. What does Gregor's family and the Chief Clerk hear when Gregor delivers his eloquent speech?
(a) Grete's crying.
(b) Twittering animal noises.
(c) Buzzing flies.
(d) Gregor's sobs.

13. What is the first thing Gregor thinks about after waking up and finding himself transformed?
(a) The weather.
(b) His ex-girlfriend.
(c) His family.
(d) His job.

14. How many times does Gregor leave his room throughout the story?
(a) Twice.
(b) Never.
(c) Once.
(d) Three times.

15. What does Grete represent at the end of the story?
(a) A disappointment.
(b) Women's progression in Russia.
(c) Hope for the family.
(d) The cause for Gregor's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can Gregor's family not perceive about the beetle?

2. How does Gregor become injured after emerging from his room for the first time?

3. What does Gregor believe his family will be able to understand following his transformation?

4. Why does Gregor try to save some of his belongings that Grete is attempting to dispose of?

5. How does Gregor's ironic attempt to hold onto something human end?

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