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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 happens to Gregor in the first part of The Metamorphosis?
(a) He is fired from his job.
(b) He gets into a fight with his family.
(c) He is transformed into a beetle.
(d) He misses the bus to work.

2. What creates the high level of tension and suspense in the story?
(a) Gregor's love for his family.
(b) Humiliating moments and Gregor's intelligence.
(c) Gregor's wants and Gregor's needs.
(d) Gregor's desire to lay eggs.

3. What does Gregor believe the "little changes" of his body to be when he wakes up?
(a) Genetic mutations.
(b) A dream.
(c) Normal aches and pains.
(d) An act of God.

4. What is the first thing Gregor thinks about after waking up and finding himself transformed?
(a) His family.
(b) The weather.
(c) His job.
(d) His ex-girlfriend.

5. What kind of fears did Gregor exhibit in his human life?
(a) Religious fears.
(b) Irrational fears.
(c) Political fears.
(d) Existential fears.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wonders if there is still some remnant in Gregor left in the beetle?

2. What human emotion does Gregor seem to lack?

3. What will the Gregor family have no way of knowing with regards to the beetle?

4. What is one of his former human habits that Gregor loses post-transformation?

5. With what image does the story end?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the irony of Gregor attempting to hold on to something familiar and human in the second part of The Metamorphosis?

3. What is the cause for Gregor's transformation into a giant beetle?

4. How does Gregor's effort to hold on to his human belongings and, thus, his humanity backfire?

5. What do Gregor's interactions with his father throughout The Metamorphosis illuminate for the reader?

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

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

8. What does Gregor believe about his family that reflects on his optimistic personality?

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

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

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