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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prevents Gregor from really communicating with his family members?
(a) His life as a beetle.
(b) Their threatening treatment.
(c) His condescending nature.
(d) Their banal lives.

2. What is consistent of Gregor's relationship with his father that is shown by how his father treats Gregor?
(a) Misunderstandings.
(b) Affection.
(c) Negligence.
(d) Disobedience.

3. How is Gregor's family dependent on Gregor?
(a) Family obligation.
(b) Love.
(c) Financially.
(d) Guilty conscience.

4. What happens to Gregor in the first part of The Metamorphosis?
(a) He is transformed into a beetle.
(b) He gets into a fight with his family.
(c) He misses the bus to work.
(d) He is fired from his job.

5. Why might Gregor not be reacting to his newly transformed body?
(a) It is too awful to reflect upon.
(b) He has greater things on his mind.
(c) He does not particularly care.
(d) He is pleased with the change.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Gregor's first thought interpreted after realizing his transformation?

2. Who does the family write notes to after discovering Gregor in his room?

3. What does Gregor's family not realize about the beetle when they speak in front of it?

4. What sound does Gregor hear while trying to rock himself out of bed?

5. How is a sense of grim, hopeless desperation developed in the third part of The Metamorphosis?

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