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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Gregor assure himself of after seeing his transformation?
(a) He will not be fired.
(b) His family will love him either way.
(c) He is not sick.
(d) He is only dreaming.

3. 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.

4. What does the Chief Clerk's visit show about the relationship Gregor has with those around him?
(a) How deeply they misunderstand him.
(b) How close their bonds are.
(c) How Gregor has always put work before his family.
(d) How self-sacrificing his family is for him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gregor lose interest in once he becomes a beetle?

2. How is Gregor's family dependent on Gregor?

3. Who wonders if there is still some remnant in Gregor left in the beetle?

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

5. What is one of his former human habits that Gregor loses post-transformation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Grete ultimately the final authority on whether or not the beetle is Gregor and Gregor the beetle?

2. What disparity exists for Gregor throughout The Metamorphosis that creates tension within the story?

3. What question might Kafka be posing to the reader with the scene involving Grete's violin serenade and Gregor's and The Lodgers' reactions to it?

4. What does the reader learn about Gregor's character through his thoughts as he lies in bed?

5. What does Gregor believe about his family that reflects on his optimistic personality?

6. Who ironically turns on Gregor in the third part of The Metamorphosis and why?

7. What could the interchange of roles between Grete and Gregor's father be Kafka's social commentary for?

8. What does Gregor lose about himself in the second part of the story?

9. What does Grete become a symbol of at the end of The Metamorphosis and why?

10. What is shocking to the reader in the first part of The Metamorphosis after Gregor wakes up to his new insect body?

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