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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Gregor do to help himself stand upright, while reassuring his boss?
(a) Uses his numerous legs.
(b) Clings to the furniture.
(c) Spins around on his back.
(d) Rocks to his feet.

3. What does Gregor's mother tell the Chief Clerk about Gregor?
(a) He must be very sick to have missed work.
(b) He has turned into a giant beetle.
(c) He left the other day and she does not know where.
(d) He has received a job offer from another company.

4. When does Gregor's mother finally visit him in his room?
(a) After Gregor's father steps out to run errands.
(b) When Grete says she will no longer clean his room.
(c) After Grete disguises Gregor's body.
(d) When Grete moves out Gregor's furniture.

5. What does Gregor's family eventually do to Gregor as their financial situation worsens?
(a) Beat him.
(b) Make him go outside.
(c) Make him do chores.
(d) Neglect him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the family go after dismissing the Charwoman?

2. What does Gregor lack due to his vocation?

3. What makes Gregor want to go back to sleep?

4. Why is Gregor startled when he answers his mother?

5. What does Gregor tell himself will soon pass?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does everyone (Gregor's parents, Gregor and The Lodgers) react to Grete's violin serenade?

2. What do the Samsas do following Gregor's demise?

3. What is Gregor's room transformed into and why is he insulted by this?

4. What does Gregor ponder as he looks through the crack in his door on the family living room?

5. How does the dynamic between Grete and Gregor change over time?

6. What do Gregor's mother, father and sister start doing in order to help out with the family's finances?

7. Who is the Charwoman and what is her relationship like with Gregor?

8. What is the fantasy Gregor dreams of while Grete is playing her violin?

9. How does Gregor's mother change Gregor's initial thoughts about Grete moving his furniture out of the room?

10. What does Grete try to convince her parents of after The Lodgers see Gregor for the first time?

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