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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Gregor's mother and father realize about Grete as they leave their home?

2. What does Gregor's mother do after Gregor's big speech?

3. What does Gregor's family eventually do to Gregor as their financial situation worsens?

4. How does Gregor attempt to open the locked door?

5. What does Gregor find at his door when he wakes up at twilight the same day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gregor envision while he is trying to unlock the door to his room?

2. What does Gregor ponder as he looks through the crack in his door on the family living room?

3. After being in pain from trying to get up from his bed and out of his room, how does Gregor find eventual relief in his new form?

4. How does the dynamic between Grete and Gregor change over time?

5. What does Gregor notice about the dynamic between his family and the new tenants, The Lodgers?

6. How does Gregor eventually die?

7. Why is Gregor grateful to have a lock on his bedroom door?

8. How does Gregor's mother change Gregor's initial thoughts about Grete moving his furniture out of the room?

9. What does Gregor discover about himself post-transformation when Grete leaves him bread and milk?

10. What do Gregor's mother, father and sister start doing in order to help out with the family's finances?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is the life Gregor lives following his transformation an exaggeration of the issues he struggled with in his family, job, relationships, etc. prior to his transformation? Cite specific examples from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Is Gregor's death voluntary or a result of the ill treatment he suffered from his family? Support either side with specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

The Metamorphosis ends with an image of Grete's youth and health. What is the point of ending the book with this image? Does it wrap up the narrative? How? Support your answer with examples from the text.

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