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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. Gregor cannot gain his family's love, loyalty or gratitude so he remains:
(a) Disturbed.
(b) Alone.
(c) Confused.
(d) Depressed.

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

3. What is there a great disparity between in regards to Gregor's transformation?
(a) Mobility and sensation.
(b) Two legs and six legs.
(c) Human emotion and animal instinct.
(d) Consciousness and physique.

4. What is too strong for Gregor to escape, which is why he thinks about his job after realizing his transformation?
(a) The everyday banal routine.
(b) His desire to please his family.
(c) His desire to work.
(d) The comfort his bed provides him.

5. What does Gregor hope Grete could possibly do to help his situation?
(a) Reason with the Chief Clerk.
(b) Help him escape.
(c) Get everyone out of the house.
(d) Calm down his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will Grete never figure out about Gregor in his beetle state?

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

3. When is Grete's narrow-mindedness truly revealed in part two of The Metamorphosis?

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

5. How is Gregor's first thought interpreted after realizing his transformation?

Short Essay Questions

1. As the third part of The Metamorphosis opens, what creates a sense of tragedy and despair?

2. What does the visit of the Chief Clerk serve to represent within The Metamorphosis?

3. What disparity exists for Gregor throughout The Metamorphosis that creates tension within the story?

4. Why was Gregor's family financially dependent on him pre-transformation?

5. What does Grete become a symbol of at the end of The Metamorphosis and why?

6. How does Gregor die and why?

7. What does Grete believe will benefit Gregor and what does Gregor's mother believe will benefit Gregor?

8. What is shocking to the reader in the first part of The Metamorphosis after Gregor wakes up to his new insect body?

9. Why is Grete ultimately the final authority on whether or not the beetle is Gregor and Gregor the beetle?

10. Who ironically turns on Gregor in the third part of The Metamorphosis and why?

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