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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. How does Gregor's boss, the Chief Clerk, display his tyrannical authority over Gregor?
(a) By showing up at Gregor's house.
(b) By withholding his paychecks.
(c) By yelling at his family.
(d) By writing an unsympathetic report for Gregor.

2. What will Grete never figure out about Gregor in his beetle state?
(a) He has retained human consciousness.
(b) It is painful for him to stand on his back legs.
(c) He prefers his room dirty rather than clean.
(d) His feelings for her have changed now that he is a beetle.

3. Whenever Gregor leaves his room, how is he driven back into the room?
(a) He is tied up and carried.
(b) The family calls an exterminator.
(c) By his father, or of his own accord.
(d) The family lures him into the room with food.

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

5. What does Gregor note while he is being chased back into his room?
(a) His father's inconsiderate acts.
(b) The Chief Clerk has left.
(c) Grete is not there.
(d) His mother's hysterics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What human emotion does Gregor seem to lack?

2. What kind of fears did Gregor exhibit in his human life?

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

4. How could Gregor's personality be described?

5. What does the Chief Clerk want to do at Gregor's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What question might Kafka be posing to the reader with the scene involving Grete's violin serenade and Gregor's and The Lodgers' reactions to it?

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

3. What is the irony that exists for Grete being designated as Gregor's care taker and her interactions with him post-transformation?

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

5. How does Gregor die and why?

6. What happens each time Gregor emerges from his room with only the best intentions?

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

8. What human capacity does Gregor keep as the narrative develops and how is this shown?

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

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

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