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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Analysis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of role does Gregor take over in the family in the third part of the book?
(a) Outcast.
(b) Guardian.
(c) Patriarch.
(d) Pet.

2. What two roles within the story, regarding their relationship with Gregor, are reversed?
(a) Grete and Gregor's father.
(b) Gregor's mother and Gregor's father.
(c) Grete and Gregor's mother.
(d) Gregor's mother and The Charwoman.

3. What is Gregor worried about when trying to get out of bed?
(a) Rupturing an antenna.
(b) Breaking one of his legs.
(c) Making too much noise.
(d) Falling and becoming unconscious.

4. What does Grete, Gregor's sister, do while their father knocks on Gregor's door?
(a) Cries.
(b) Goes to her room.
(c) Yells at the Chief Clerk.
(d) Laughs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gregor's family do as an apology after throwing things at him and disabling him?

2. How does Gregor believe his family will react to his plight?

3. What does Gregor hope Grete could possibly do to help his situation?

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

5. How is a sense of grim, hopeless desperation developed in the third part of The Metamorphosis?

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