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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 the understanding of Gregor's speech potentially do for the situation involving his family and the Chief Clerk?
(a) Cause the situation to worsen.
(b) Compel them to have greater sympathy for insects.
(c) Frighten his family and the Chief Clerk even more.
(d) Bridge the divide between himself and the others.

2. Who does Gregor trust to sympathize with his situation?
(a) His father.
(b) His sister.
(c) The Chief Clerk.
(d) His mother.

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

4. What human emotion does Gregor seem to lack?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Sympathy.
(c) Remorse.
(d) Self-pity.

5. What does Gregor assure himself of after seeing his transformation?
(a) He will not be fired.
(b) His family will love him either way.
(c) He is not sick.
(d) He is only dreaming.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is Grete's narrow-mindedness truly revealed in part two of The Metamorphosis?

2. What is there a great disparity between in regards to Gregor's transformation?

3. What happens to Gregor in the first part of The Metamorphosis?

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

5. What kind of role does Gregor take over in the family in the third part of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gregor die and why?

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 Gregor's transformation a possible symbol for?

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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