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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the familial object that Gregor attempts to hold onto in his room?
(a) His blanket.
(b) The photo of the young girl.
(c) The suitcase full of cloth samples.
(d) His chair by the window.

3. How is Gregor's family dependent on Gregor?
(a) Financially.
(b) Love.
(c) Guilty conscience.
(d) Family obligation.

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

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

6. How do The Lodgers react to Grete's violin playing?
(a) Observant and critical.
(b) Genuinely captivated.
(c) Moved to tears.
(d) Dismissive and disinterested.

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

8. Who is the person who gets closest to the idea that Gregor understands them?
(a) The Charwoman.
(b) Gregor's mother.
(c) Gregor's father.
(d) Grete.

9. How is Gregor's first thought interpreted after realizing his transformation?
(a) Normal.
(b) Terrifying.
(c) Surprising.
(d) Shocking.

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

11. How is a sense of grim, hopeless desperation developed in the third part of The Metamorphosis?
(a) Gregor is unable to continue his writing.
(b) The family slips deeper into poverty.
(c) The family is unable to find jobs.
(d) The neighborhood shuns the family.

12. Why does Gregor die at the end of The Metamorphosis?
(a) Because a beetle's life is brief.
(b) Because his family wants to be rid of him.
(c) Because he does not contribute anything.
(d) Because he cannot stand the sight of himself.

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

14. How does Gregor's boss, the Chief Clerk, display his tyrannical authority over Gregor?
(a) By withholding his paychecks.
(b) By showing up at Gregor's house.
(c) By yelling at his family.
(d) By writing an unsympathetic report for Gregor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gregor feel in regards to his family, following his transformation?

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

3. What disservice do The Lodgers do to the family?

4. What will Grete never figure out about Gregor in his beetle state?

5. What reveals to the reader that Gregor is still sensitive to beauty and art?

(see the answer keys)

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