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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 reveals to the reader that Gregor is still sensitive to beauty and art?
(a) His ability to contemplate eloquent thoughts.
(b) His desire to be closer to his family.
(c) Grete's violin playing.
(d) His sensitivity toward the photo.

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

3. What does Grete earn from her parents in return for her care taking of Gregor?
(a) Disgust.
(b) Contempt.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) A weekly allowance.

4. What skills do the women in Gregor's family provide?
(a) The clean houses.
(b) They cook.
(c) They have no useful skills.
(d) They babysit.

5. How many times does Gregor leave his room throughout the story?
(a) Three times.
(b) Never.
(c) Once.
(d) Twice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gregor eventually die?

2. What human emotion does Gregor seem to lack?

3. What causes The Lodgers to eventually leave the family's home?

4. Why might Gregor not be reacting to his newly transformed body?

5. What does the Chief Clerk's visit show about the relationship Gregor has with those around him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Gregor lose about himself in the second part of the story?

4. What could the interchange of roles between Grete and Gregor's father be Kafka's social commentary for?

5. What kind of atmosphere does Gregor live in throughout the narrative?

6. What are two failures that occur within the narrative?

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

8. How does Gregor die and why?

9. Who has a small inkling that Gregor might understand them and why is this character an ironic choice for this revelation?

10. If his speech could be understood, what would his words to the Chief Clerk and his family have served to do?

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