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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What keeps Gregor from actually falling asleep?
(a) The smell of breakfast cooking.
(b) Sounds coming from the radiator.
(c) Loud noises his family makes.
(d) His beetle body.

2. What does Gregor recall after witnessing his transformation?
(a) Not saying his prayers before bed.
(b) Having a bad night's sleep.
(c) Arguing with his mother the previous night.
(d) Eating questionable food at dinner.

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

4. What does Gregor's father throw at Gregor so that he will go back into his room?
(a) His briefcase.
(b) Apples.
(c) The newspaper.
(d) His shoe.

5. What two roles within the story, regarding their relationship with Gregor, are reversed?
(a) Gregor's mother and The Charwoman.
(b) Gregor's mother and Gregor's father.
(c) Grete and Gregor's father.
(d) Grete and Gregor's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gregor note when he falls from his upright position onto his six legs?

2. When is Grete's narrow-mindedness truly revealed in part two of The Metamorphosis?

3. What does Gregor do whenever Grete comes into his room?

4. What was one thing Gregor's father did before the transformation that was attributed to his laziness?

5. Why is Gregor calmed down by the reactions of everyone on the other side of the door?

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