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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Gregor in the third part of The Metamorphosis?
(a) Grete moves his furniture back into his room.
(b) He turns back into a human.
(c) His family begins to neglect him.
(d) He gets his job back.

3. What will Grete never figure out about Gregor in his beetle state?
(a) He prefers his room dirty rather than clean.
(b) It is painful for him to stand on his back legs.
(c) He has retained human consciousness.
(d) His feelings for her have changed now that he is a beetle.

4. How many parts is The Metamorphosis divided into?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

5. How are Gregor's best intentions interpreted by others throughout the story?
(a) Irrational.
(b) Affectionate.
(c) Hostile.
(d) Vindictive.

6. How could Gregor's personality be described?
(a) Naive.
(b) Paranoid.
(c) Negligent.
(d) Unsympathetic.

7. How is The Metamorphosis described in the modern age of literature?
(a) Perplexing.
(b) Engimatic.
(c) Unparalleled.
(d) Confusing.

8. What kind of role does Grete take over in the family in the third part of the book?
(a) Tyrannical.
(b) Submissive.
(c) Grete abandons the family.
(d) Authoritative.

9. What is there a great disparity between in regards to Gregor's transformation?
(a) Consciousness and physique.
(b) Two legs and six legs.
(c) Human emotion and animal instinct.
(d) Mobility and sensation.

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

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

12. Although Gregor loses some of his human tendencies, what is he able to hold onto?
(a) Human intelligence and emotions.
(b) His writing talent.
(c) His ability to communicate.
(d) A strong work ethic.

13. How does Gregor become injured after emerging from his room for the first time?
(a) His wings are ripped off.
(b) He is wedged in the door.
(c) He ruptures his antennae.
(d) He trips over the Chief Clerk.

14. Why does Gregor's attempt to save some of his belongings end up backfiring on him?
(a) Grete convinces Gregor's mother to move out the furniture.
(b) Grete got rid of everything before he could save anything.
(c) The women misunderstand his intentions.
(d) Gregor realizes he is too cumbersome for his furniture now.

15. What kind of fears did Gregor exhibit in his human life?
(a) Existential fears.
(b) Political fears.
(c) Religious fears.
(d) Irrational fears.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could Gregor's speech potentially arouse in others, if understood?

2. What does Grete earn from her parents in return for her care taking of Gregor?

3. What will the Gregor family have no way of knowing with regards to the beetle?

4. Why might Gregor not be reacting to his newly transformed body?

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

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