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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 do The Lodgers symbolize when they move into the family's home?
(a) Economic disparity.
(b) Doom.
(c) Hope.
(d) Social disintegration.

2. What happens to Gregor when his father attempts to get him back into his room?
(a) Gregor is injured.
(b) Gregor injures his mother.
(c) Gregor injures the Chief Clerk.
(d) Gregor injures his father.

3. What is consistent of Gregor's relationship with his father that is shown by how his father treats Gregor?
(a) Disobedience.
(b) Misunderstandings.
(c) Affection.
(d) Negligence.

4. What will the Gregor family have no way of knowing with regards to the beetle?
(a) It has Gregor's thoughts.
(b) It has the ability to kill them.
(c) It is no longer Gregor.
(d) It has the ability to love them.

5. With what image does the story end?
(a) A new city.
(b) Gregor's coffin.
(c) A sunny, new day.
(d) Grete's youthfulness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two roles within the story, regarding their relationship with Gregor, are reversed?

2. What prevents Gregor from really communicating with his family members?

3. What is Gregor's metamorphosis symbolic of?

4. What happens to Gregor in the second part of The Metamorphosis?

5. What does Gregor's family and the Chief Clerk hear when Gregor delivers his eloquent speech?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the main aspect of the plot that is developed as the narrative progresses?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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