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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 could Gregor's speech potentially arouse in others, if understood?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Immense disgust.
(c) Great sympathy.
(d) Hatred.

2. How is Gregor's first thought interpreted after realizing his transformation?
(a) Shocking.
(b) Surprising.
(c) Normal.
(d) Terrifying.

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

4. What does Gregor's family not realize about the beetle when they speak in front of it?
(a) He can still understand them.
(b) He is plotting their deaths.
(c) He is irritated by their voices.
(d) He no longer speaks English.

5. Who wonders if there is still some remnant in Gregor left in the beetle?
(a) Gregor's mother.
(b) The Charwoman.
(c) Gregor's father.
(d) Grete.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gregor die at the end of The Metamorphosis?

2. Whenever Gregor leaves his room, how is he driven back into the room?

3. How does Gregor's boss, the Chief Clerk, display his tyrannical authority over Gregor?

4. What does Grete try to convince her parents about Gregor?

5. What is consistent of Gregor's relationship with his father that is shown by how his father treats Gregor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Gregor die and why?

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

8. What prevents Gregor from communicating with his family pre-transformation?

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

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

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