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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gregor think the company he works for believes about him?
(a) He is their best employee.
(b) He wastes company time.
(c) He was insider trading.
(d) He should be promoted.

2. What does Gregor lack due to his vocation?
(a) Insurance.
(b) Money.
(c) Sanity.
(d) Friends.

3. Why does Gregor think he should not be fired?
(a) His boss is incompetent.
(b) This absence was his only absence.
(c) He makes the company a lot of money.
(d) They do not have enough employees.

4. What particular piece of furniture does Gregor feel nostalgia for?
(a) His books.
(b) His writing desk.
(c) His bed.
(d) His dresser drawer.

5. What does Gregor's family do when he does not come out of his room?
(a) Bring him hot tea.
(b) Pester him.
(c) Leave him alone.
(d) Threaten him.

6. What draws Gregor from his room and also enchants The Lodgers?
(a) Evening sounds of crickets.
(b) Laughter from his family.
(c) Police sirens.
(d) Grete's violin serenade.

7. What happens to Gregor when he rocks himself out of bed?
(a) He rips the blanket.
(b) He successfully gets up.
(c) He breaks one of his legs.
(d) He injures his head.

8. What does the Chief Clerk say about Gregor's voice?
(a) It sounds like he is sick.
(b) It sounds like a woman's.
(c) He thinks there are two people in the room.
(d) It is not human.

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

10. What does Gregor look at while pausing, in the hopes of returning to normal?
(a) His abdomen.
(b) The photo on his wall.
(c) The ceiling.
(d) The foggy sky.

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

12. What does Gregor's father throw at Gregor so that he will go back into his room?
(a) Apples.
(b) The newspaper.
(c) His briefcase.
(d) His shoe.

13. What does the Chief Clerk claim Gregor has been known for?
(a) Keeping morale up.
(b) Quiet dependability.
(c) Being forthright.
(d) Being dishonest.

14. What does Gregor do whenever Grete comes into his room?
(a) Indicates where the room needs cleaning.
(b) Flies out the window.
(c) Tries to speak to her.
(d) Hides underneath the sofa.

15. What does Grete, Gregor's sister, do while their father knocks on Gregor's door?
(a) Cries.
(b) Yells at the Chief Clerk.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Goes to her room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gregor Samsa transformed into?

2. What does Gregor notice is still in the corner of his bedroom?

3. Why will no one at the office believe Gregor if he said he was sick?

4. What does Gregor recall after witnessing his transformation?

5. Why does Gregor's family rush to his door?

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