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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do The Lodgers react to Grete's violin playing?
(a) Genuinely captivated.
(b) Moved to tears.
(c) Observant and critical.
(d) Dismissive and disinterested.

2. What does the Chief Clerk's visit show about the relationship Gregor has with those around him?
(a) How Gregor has always put work before his family.
(b) How close their bonds are.
(c) How deeply they misunderstand him.
(d) How self-sacrificing his family is for him.

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

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

5. What does Gregor's father do to him that is characteristic of the father?
(a) Ignores him completely.
(b) Embraces him.
(c) Aggressively chases him.
(d) Chastizes him.

6. What will the Gregor family have no way of knowing with regards to the beetle?
(a) It has the ability to love them.
(b) It has Gregor's thoughts.
(c) It has the ability to kill them.
(d) It is no longer Gregor.

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

8. What kind of role does Gregor take over in the family in the third part of the book?
(a) Patriarch.
(b) Guardian.
(c) Pet.
(d) Outcast.

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

10. What could the understanding of Gregor's speech potentially do for the situation involving his family and the Chief Clerk?
(a) Cause the situation to worsen.
(b) Bridge the divide between himself and the others.
(c) Compel them to have greater sympathy for insects.
(d) Frighten his family and the Chief Clerk even more.

11. What kind of role does Grete take over in the family in the third part of the book?
(a) Grete abandons the family.
(b) Submissive.
(c) Tyrannical.
(d) Authoritative.

12. What happens to Gregor in the second part of The Metamorphosis?
(a) Gregor's family embrace the new presence in their home.
(b) He and his family attempt to adapt to Gregor's new form.
(c) His family searches for a way to cure Gregor's plight.
(d) Gregor's family casts him out of the house.

13. With what image does the story end?
(a) Gregor's coffin.
(b) A new city.
(c) Grete's youthfulness.
(d) A sunny, new day.

14. What does Gregor's family not realize about the beetle when they speak in front of it?
(a) He can still understand them.
(b) He is plotting their deaths.
(c) He no longer speaks English.
(d) He is irritated by their voices.

15. How is The Metamorphosis described in the modern age of literature?
(a) Confusing.
(b) Perplexing.
(c) Engimatic.
(d) Unparalleled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What human emotion does Gregor seem to lack?

2. What does Gregor hope Grete could possibly do to help his situation?

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

4. What is the first thing Gregor thinks about after waking up and finding himself transformed?

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

(see the answer keys)

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