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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the familial object that Gregor attempts to hold onto in his room?
(a) His chair by the window.
(b) His blanket.
(c) The suitcase full of cloth samples.
(d) The photo of the young girl.

2. How could Gregor's personality be described?
(a) Paranoid.
(b) Negligent.
(c) Naive.
(d) Unsympathetic.

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

4. What does Gregor pity and worry about his family after he turns into the beetle?
(a) Their political involvement.
(b) Their finances.
(c) Their lack of motivation.
(d) Their health.

5. What was one thing Gregor's father did before the transformation that was attributed to his laziness?
(a) Slept in.
(b) Enjoyed long breakfasts.
(c) Did not clean up after himself.
(d) Did not do dishes.

6. What is Gregor's metamorphosis symbolic of?
(a) Identity crisis.
(b) Instability.
(c) Political change.
(d) Alienation.

7. What two roles within the story, regarding their relationship with Gregor, are reversed?
(a) Gregor's mother and The Charwoman.
(b) Grete and Gregor's father.
(c) Gregor's mother and Gregor's father.
(d) Grete and Gregor's mother.

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

9. What does Gregor assume his family will do when they see his transformation?
(a) Support him.
(b) Abandon him.
(c) Step on him.
(d) Hug him.

10. How does Gregor feel in regards to his family, following his transformation?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Optimistic.
(c) Fearful.
(d) Pessimistic.

11. How does Gregor's ironic attempt to hold onto something human end?
(a) With his family assuming he is a dangerous beast.
(b) With his realization that he no longer wants human things.
(c) With his mother and sister drifting apart in their relationship.
(d) With his realization that he would rather be outside than inside.

12. What does Grete try to convince her parents about Gregor?
(a) Gregor can take care of himself.
(b) The beetle is no longer Gregor.
(c) He would be happier outside.
(d) The beetle is Gregor.

13. How are Gregor's best intentions interpreted by others throughout the story?
(a) Irrational.
(b) Affectionate.
(c) Vindictive.
(d) Hostile.

14. What creates the high level of tension and suspense in the story?
(a) Humiliating moments and Gregor's intelligence.
(b) Gregor's wants and Gregor's needs.
(c) Gregor's desire to lay eggs.
(d) Gregor's love for his family.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Gregor's family react to Gregor's death?

3. Why does Gregor try to save some of his belongings that Grete is attempting to dispose of?

4. What is there a great disparity between in regards to Gregor's transformation?

5. What does Gregor assure himself of after seeing his transformation?

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