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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) Sounds coming from the radiator.
(b) Loud noises his family makes.
(c) His beetle body.
(d) The smell of breakfast cooking.

2. Why does Gregor's attempt to save some of his belongings end up backfiring on him?
(a) Grete convinces Gregor's mother to move out the furniture.
(b) The women misunderstand his intentions.
(c) Grete got rid of everything before he could save anything.
(d) Gregor realizes he is too cumbersome for his furniture now.

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

4. What does Gregor have difficulty controlling as he tries to get out of bed?
(a) His tongue.
(b) HIs wings.
(c) His antennae.
(d) His legs.

5. Who wonders if there is still some remnant in Gregor left in the beetle?
(a) Gregor's mother.
(b) Gregor's father.
(c) Grete.
(d) The Charwoman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whenever Gregor leaves his room, how is he driven back into the room?

3. Why is Gregor thankful that his door has a lock on it?

4. What will the Gregor family have no way of knowing with regards to the beetle?

5. What does Gregor note that his sister does not realize when she announces aloud what foods he likes and dislikes?

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