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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Analysis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gregor hope the Charwoman will do that, unfortunately, does not come to fruition?
(a) Feed him extra food.
(b) Take him outside.
(c) Persuade his family to love him.
(d) Befriend him.

2. What skills do the women in Gregor's family provide?
(a) The clean houses.
(b) They have no useful skills.
(c) They babysit.
(d) They cook.

3. How is Grete able to anticipate Gregor's new physical needs?
(a) An extreme closeness as brother and sister.
(b) Prior good relations.
(c) His new needs are not so different from his old needs.
(d) She experienced a similar situation.

4. What does Gregor's father shoo him back into his bedroom with?
(a) A broom and a pan.
(b) A newspaper and a broom.
(c) The Chief Clerk's briefcase.
(d) His shoe.

5. Why does the transformation take place at the beginning of The Metamorphosis?
(a) It is punishment from a previous life.
(b) It is all a dream.
(c) It is never specified.
(d) He wished for a change the night before.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gregor lack due to his vocation?

2. What do The Lodgers symbolize when they move into the family's home?

3. What is one of his former human habits that Gregor loses post-transformation?

4. Gregor cannot gain his family's love, loyalty or gratitude so he remains:

5. Why does Gregor think he should not be fired?

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