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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 claim to tell the Chief Clerk in order to make amends?
(a) He has already quit his job.
(b) He would open the door, but he suddenly feels ill.
(c) He has turned into a giant beetle.
(d) He has accepted a position elsewhere.

2. When is Grete's narrow-mindedness truly revealed in part two of The Metamorphosis?
(a) When she refuses to find a job,
(b) When she lets the Chief Clerk come in.
(c) When she moves out Gregor's furniture.
(d) When she assumes he would like bread and milk.

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

4. Why does Gregor's mother worry about moving Gregor's furniture?
(a) He will run away.
(b) He might miss his possessions.
(c) It might send him the wrong message.
(d) It might encourage his insect tendencies.

5. How does Gregor attempt to open the locked door?
(a) Kick the door down.
(b) Set fire to the door.
(c) Put the key in his mouth.
(d) Pull the hinges off.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has kept Gregor from resigning and telling off his boss?

2. What could Gregor's speech potentially arouse in others, if understood?

3. What does Grete try to convince her parents about Gregor?

4. What characteristic of Gregor's family do they all share that prevents them from helping Gregor?

5. What irritates Gregor and makes him anxious as he is being shooed back into his room?

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