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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gregor announce when he leaves his room?
(a) He will leave the house immediately.
(b) He will find a cure for his affliction.
(c) He will find a way to revert back to being human.
(d) He will dress and go to work.

2. What does Gregor make an eloquent speech about that no one is able to understand?
(a) His past girlfriend.
(b) His childhood memories.
(c) Being a traveling salesman.
(d) The brief life of a beetle.

3. What has kept Gregor from resigning and telling off his boss?
(a) A binding contract.
(b) A bad economy.
(c) His family's debts.
(d) His lack of any other skills.

4. What is Gregor Samsa transformed into?
(a) A tiny ant.
(b) A large spider.
(c) A giant beetle.
(d) A miniscule fly.

5. Who declares, after the Lodgers' threats, that they cannot go on living like this with Gregor?
(a) The Charwoman.
(b) Grete.
(c) Gregor's father.
(d) Gregor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Samsas do while Gregor sleeps his day as a beetle?

2. What does Gregor conceal in his room so that Grete does not move it out?

3. What do Gregor's mother and father realize about Grete as they leave their home?

4. What does Grete, Gregor's sister, do while their father knocks on Gregor's door?

5. What does Gregor realize when he eats the food that Grete feeds him?

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