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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gregor infer from the person who has visited the house?
(a) He must pay off his debts.
(b) He is getting promoted.
(c) He is in serious trouble.
(d) He is not trusted at work.

2. What does Gregor tell himself as he gets up and dresses for breakfast?
(a) Aches and pains resolve themselves as one starts moving.
(b) He will go into the office and explain himself to his boss.
(c) He will need to find his own breakfast in the backyard.
(d) Eventually, he will get used to the new voice.

3. What is one of the actions the Chief Clerk accuses Gregor of?
(a) Stealing money.
(b) Having an office relationship.
(c) Keeping his office a mess.
(d) Giving monosyllabic answers.

4. What does Gregor tell himself will soon pass?
(a) His chill.
(b) The dream he is having.
(c) The bad weather.
(d) His bout of delirium.

5. What does Gregor's family do as an apology after throwing things at him and disabling him?
(a) Write him a letter of apology.
(b) Build him a nest.
(c) Leave his bedroom door open.
(d) Give him extra plates of rotten food.

6. Who comes to visit Gregor at the house?
(a) The Chief Clerk.
(b) The Superintendent.
(c) A police officer.
(d) His secretary.

7. After seeing it is past 6:30 a.m., what does Gregor realize about his job?
(a) He needs to be there in a half hour.
(b) He cannot avoid being late.
(c) He has lost his job.
(d) He has more time to sleep before going in to the office.

8. Who does the family write notes to after discovering Gregor in his room?
(a) Their respective employers.
(b) Their friends.
(c) Their extended family.
(d) The neighborhood.

9. What makes Gregor want to go back to sleep?
(a) The rain.
(b) His morning chores.
(c) His desire to pretend that what has happened is a dream.
(d) The sound of his parents arguing.

10. What does Gregor claim he has no plans to do?
(a) Marry and bring his wife into the house.
(b) Stop supporting his family.
(c) Sell his family's home.
(d) Have children.

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

12. What do Gregor's mother and father intend to do for Grete?
(a) Find her work.
(b) Find her a husband.
(c) Find her an apartment of her own.
(d) Get her into a good school.

13. Why do the Samsas not want to move into a smaller, more affordable home?
(a) They worry for Gregor's existence.
(b) They do not want Gregor to be left behind.
(c) Gregor might miss the house too much.
(d) They are emotionally attached to the house.

14. What do the Lodgers threaten to do to the Samsas when they see Gregor for the first time?
(a) Burn their house down.
(b) Sue, unless theycan leave without paying rent.
(c) Sell Gregor to a lab of research scientists.
(d) Kill Gregor with insecticide.

15. What is Gregor worried about when trying to get out of bed?
(a) Breaking one of his legs.
(b) Falling and becoming unconscious.
(c) Rupturing an antenna.
(d) Making too much noise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gregor announce when he leaves his room?

2. What does Gregor's father throw at Gregor so that he will go back into his room?

3. What does Gregor have difficulty controlling as he tries to get out of bed?

4. What particular piece of furniture does Gregor feel nostalgia for?

5. Why does Gregor think he should not be fired?

(see the answer keys)

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