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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 the Samsas do while Gregor sleeps his day as a beetle?

2. What do Gregor's mother and father intend to do for Grete?

3. What does Gregor realize about his family and the Chief Clerk on the other side of the door?

4. What does Gregor note when he falls from his upright position onto his six legs?

5. What does the family and the Charwoman believe happens to Gregor the next morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first thing Gregor thinks about when he wakes up to his transformation and why?

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

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

4. What plan do The Lodgers hatch once they see Gregor out of his room for the first time?

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

6. How does Gregor being disabled for a month because of his family's physical abuse change the atmosphere within the household?

7. What does the Chief Clerk accuse Gregor of from the other side of Gregor's door?

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

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

10. What do the Samsas do following Gregor's demise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Grete plays her violin she enchants Gregor, while The Lodgers are hardly amused. Kafka could be proposing a question of humanity with this scene: Is the difference between being human and inhuman a matter of physical shape? Prove, or disprove this statement with the violin serenade scene and any other scenes that support your thesis.

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

Communication is the key to solving any problem. However, Gregor is unable to communicate with his family during and following his transformation into a beetle. Use scenes and examples from the text that justify the inability to communicate as the crux of all conflict in The Metamorphosis.

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