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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 imagine that helps him find the strength to turn the key and unlock the door?
(a) Having his mother and sister help him.
(b) Explaining to his boss why he is not at work.
(c) Everyone supportively watching him.
(d) Being fed flies.

2. What does Gregor's mother do after Gregor's big speech?
(a) Begs him to let her in.
(b) Demands that he come out.
(c) Calls a doctor.
(d) Faints.

3. How does Gregor's boss, the Chief Clerk, display his tyrannical authority over Gregor?
(a) By yelling at his family.
(b) By withholding his paychecks.
(c) By writing an unsympathetic report for Gregor.
(d) By showing up at Gregor's house.

4. Who is the person who gets closest to the idea that Gregor understands them?
(a) Gregor's mother.
(b) The Charwoman.
(c) Grete.
(d) Gregor's father.

5. Why will no one at the office believe Gregor if he said he was sick?
(a) He has not been sick in the last five years.
(b) He always claims to be sick.
(c) No one else in the office has been sick.
(d) They all just received their shots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reveals to the reader that Gregor is still sensitive to beauty and art?

2. What does Gregor's family do as an apology after throwing things at him and disabling him?

3. Who turns against Gregor in the third part of The Metamorphosis?

4. How is The Metamorphosis described in the modern age of literature?

5. How do The Lodgers react to Grete's violin playing?

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