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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gregor view the everyday routines of his life and the life of his family?
(a) Banal.
(b) Difficult.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Interesting.

2. What does Gregor pity and worry about his family after he turns into the beetle?
(a) Their political involvement.
(b) Their health.
(c) Their lack of motivation.
(d) Their finances.

3. What is the first thing Gregor thinks about after waking up and finding himself transformed?
(a) His job.
(b) The weather.
(c) His ex-girlfriend.
(d) His family.

4. What does Gregor assume his family will do when they see his transformation?
(a) Abandon him.
(b) Support him.
(c) Hug him.
(d) Step on him.

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

6. How do the women contribute to the family's surmounting debt?
(a) They do not help Gregor's father.
(b) They do not curb their spending.
(c) They discourage the men from attending work.
(d) They create a disruptive atmosphere at home.

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

8. What does Grete earn from her parents in return for her care taking of Gregor?
(a) Gratitude.
(b) Disgust.
(c) Contempt.
(d) A weekly allowance.

9. What disservice do The Lodgers do to the family?
(a) Insult Gregor's mother's cooking.
(b) Torment Gregor.
(c) Leave without paying.
(d) They do not clean up after themselves.

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

11. How does Gregor's family react to Gregor's death?
(a) They mourn for days.
(b) They are relieved.
(c) They are devastated.
(d) They do not react.

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

13. Why does the transformation take place at the beginning of The Metamorphosis?
(a) He wished for a change the night before.
(b) It is punishment from a previous life.
(c) It is never specified.
(d) It is all a dream.

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

15. What is one of his former human habits that Gregor loses post-transformation?
(a) Skin sensation.
(b) Literacy.
(c) Taste for fresh food.
(d) Logical reasoning.

Short Answer Questions

1. How could Gregor's personality be described?

2. How does Gregor act toward his mother?

3. What characteristic of Gregor's family do they all share that prevents them from helping Gregor?

4. What is too strong for Gregor to escape, which is why he thinks about his job after realizing his transformation?

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

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