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- 1. Multiple ChoiceIn The Metamorphosis, which character is based on Kafka?GreteGregorMr. SamsaThe Office Manager
- 2. Multiple ChoiceKafka began to exhibit early symptoms of ___________ in 1906.CancerLung TuberculosisInfluenzaAIDS
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the prevalent themes in The Metamorphosis?Fear of Shame as Motivation and Subjectivity of TruthChaos and Order, Coming of Age, and RacismGood vs. Evil, Illusion of Power, and IsolationDiscord between Mind & Body, Guilt, and Alienation
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat's a similarity between the lives of Franz Kafka and Gregor Samsa?Both had strained relationships with their fathersBoth were lawyersBoth had brothers that cared for themBoth were Christians
- 5. Multiple ChoiceAlthough Gregor's mind remains initially unchanged, how does his physical body change?Grows horns and more body hairLoses his nose, mouth, and earsTakes on the form of a certain insectSplits in half
- 6. Multiple Choice
How does relationship between the Samsa family and Gregor Samsa’s boss contribute to the plot of the story?
They are on good terms; Gregor does not wish to disappoint his family and their friend, so he dedicates himself wholly to the work.
The Samsa family owes money to Gregor’s boss, and thus Gregor works constantly to pay off this debt.
The Samsa family owe serious debt to the bank so they push Gregor’s boss to give him more responsibilities and that he may earn more.
They are on poor terms; Gregor has not been earning enough for his boss, so he works overtime in the hopes of saving his job.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Gregory dislikes his job and his boss, but he cannot change jobs because
he does not have enough job experience
there are no other jobs available
he is saving money so he can get married
his parents owe a lot of money to his boss
- 8. Multiple Choice
Readers learn that it will take "another five or six years" for Gregor to pay off his parents' debt and that "in fifteen years of service, Gregor had never once yet been ill". What can you infer about his character based on these quotations?
He is responsible and reliable
He is slow and likes work
He is careless and healthy
He is dutiful and sickly
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is the most important reason for Gregor to hold onto his job as a traveling salesman?
He enjoys his job and is like and respected at work.
He wants to prove that he can become a human again.
He believes that he is only imagining that he is an insect.
He feels responsible for the financial support of his family.
- 10. Multiple Choice
In "The Metamorphosis," how does Gregor first react when he discovers that he is an insect?
He is shocked and calls out for help.
He refuses to leave his room or talk to any one.
He is determined to continue with his day and go to work.
He is relieved that he will no longer have to go to work.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describe the narrator’s point of view in the story?
First-person: the story is told from Gregor’s perspective.
Third-person limited: though in third-person, the narration limits itself to Gregor’s perspective and thoughts.
Third-person omniscient: the narration covers the thoughts and actions of all of the characters in the story.
Third-person omniscient: the narration remains focused on Gregor’s perspective, however it occasionally branches out to other perspectives (i.e. the Samsas, following Gregor’s death).
- 12. Multiple Choice
What does Gregor overhear from his father about their current financial situation?
That they are bankrupt and are forced to sell the apartment
That he has come to an agreement with Gregor's boss about his starting work again soon
That he has managed to save up some money to help them survive without Gregor working
That the entire family must return to work to help them pay for the family's expenses
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is the best description of Gregor's family's behavior in the apartment with Gregor locked inside his bedroom?
They are never there, scared Gregor will get loose.
They talk in soft voices and choose to never stay there alone.
They are always loud, so as to drown out Gregor's noises.
They constantly have company over to make it seem like their life is normal.
- 14. Multiple Choice
How does Gregor try to make Grete and his mother more comfortable when they enter his bedroom?
He hides under the couch with a white sheet.
He stands upright to act more like a human.
He tries to speak to them in calm, soothing voices.
He hangs from the ceiling so they can walk on the floor freely.
- 15. Multiple Choice
What is revealed about the Samsa family's financial and/or employment situation after Gregor has been a bettle for awhile?
Gregor's father has spent all of the family's money.
Grete has earned her own scholarship to the music conservatory, which pleases Gregor.
Gregor's father, mother, and sister have all returned to work to support the family.
The Samsa family has agreed to send Gregor back to work in his condition.
- 16. Multiple Choice
Out of pity, what does the Samsa family change about the way it interacts with Gregor?
The family rotates who visits Gregor in his room daily.
Grete and her mother move back all of the furniture they previously removed from his room.
The family leaves open Gregor's doorway so that he can see/hear them as they spend time together.
The family allows Gregor to dine with them at dinner.
- 17. Multiple Choice
Prior to being discovered by the three men, what does Gregor dream about will happen between him and his family?
That everyone turns into a bug so that they can all be together
That he returns to human form to rejoin his family as normal
That he can spend all of his time with his sister as she plays the violin
That he can return to work to support his family again
- 18. Multiple Choice
“Was he [Gregor] an animal if music could captivate him so? It seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown nourishment he had been yearning for.” (Paragraph 73) How do these lines contribute to the overall meaning of the story?
In these lines we are shown Gregor at his most human throughout the story, valuing art and love over money.
Kafka is suggesting that music is the only way to remain human.
The love Gregor feels for his sister and her music brings him greater joy than his work.
These lines suggest that Gregor could have changed his way of life, that the cure for his unhappiness was in what he values.
- 19. Multiple Choice
What is the significance of Mr. Samsa telling the three gentlemen renters to leave?
It shows his grief over his insect-son dying.
It reveals his guilt for shooing Gregor back into the bedroom the night before, so he does the same to them.
It represents what Gregor could never do: stand up to his employer (or in the case of the renters, people who gave him money).
It represents the breaking of a subservient employer-employee relationship, while also confirming Mr. Samsa did believe the insect to be his son through his anger and grief.
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which member of the Samsa apartment first verbally introduces the idea of getting rid of Gregor?
Grete
Mr. Samsa, Gregor's father
The three men or new lodgers
Cleaning woman
- 21. Multiple Choice
How does Gregor die?
Gregor's father re-injures Gregor and leaves him to bleed out.
The cleaning lady poisons Gregor's food.
One of the three men squashes him out of surprise.
He simply dies, tired, sad, and having been locked in his room for good by his sister.
- 22. Multiple Choice
After Gregor dies, what does the Samsa family do?
They mourn Gregor and hold a funeral for him.
They board a train, are content, and discuss happier plans for the future.
They throw a party in celebration of his death.
They are arrested, having been discovered for killing their son.
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes a central idea of the text?
Living like an insect can make you feel like one.
The daily grind in earning a living can eliminate one’s humanity.
We are as we perceive ourselves to be.
Allowing others to take advantage of one’s generosity can lead to tragedy.
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhen Gregor Samsa realizes that he has been transformed into an insect, his initial reaction is toscream in horrortry to go back to sleepcall for a doctorget his family to help
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhat worries Gregor the most about his transformation?His appearance will frighten his familyHe has trouble moving his legsIt will change his life foreverIt will cause him to be late for work
- 26. Multiple ChoiceAs Gregor lies in bed, he thinks about how his imaginary pains "had always turned out to be pure imagination...and he wondered how his imaginings would slowly resolve themselves today" (Kafka 121-123). From this detail readers can infer that Gregoris in denial about his situationknows he is just having a bad dreamoften imagines that he is an insecthas decided to take bold action
- 27. Multiple ChoiceThe chief clerk from Gregor's office comes to the houseto help Gregor's parents open the bedroom doorto give Gregor a ride to work, since he missed the trainto threaten Gregor with firing for missing workhe wants a chance to see Grete, Gregor's sister
- 28. Multiple ChoiceBased on how Gregor's parents and the chief clerk react when they see Gregor, readers can infer thatGregor has been dreaming the whole timeGregor actually has changed into an insecteveryone is relieved that Gregor is not illthey are angry with Gregor for wasting their time
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWho wrote The Metamorphosis?R.L. SteinErnest HemingwayFranz KafkaGregor Samsa
- 30. Multiple ChoiceHow did Gregor cause his mouth to bleed?By falling off the bedBy getting hit with an appleBy eatingBy biting opening the door
- 31. Multiple ChoiceKafka draws attention to how people change under pressure. Which theme is this?Working Class SocietyLoveTransformationFamily Relationshipos
- 32. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Gregor Samsa do for a living?He's a realtorHe works in a factoryHe's a traveling salesmenHe's a teacher
- 33. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the picture on Gregor’s wall depict?Grete with her violinA happy family portraitA large, grotesque beetleA lady in furs
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the word, metamorphosis, mean?A transformationIdentityMonstrous VerminSplit personality
- 35. Multiple ChoiceIn the family living room, there is a photograph of Gregor in what circumstances?playing with his dog as a childwearing his military uniforma family portraitwinning a soccer game
- 36. Multiple ChoiceHow does Kafka create the atmosphere of a nightmare in "The Metamporphosis"?The author shows Gregor's panic at realizing that he is now an insect.The author makes Gregor's efforts to go to work as an insect seem funny.The author has Gregor remain human in feelings even though his body is now that of an insect.The author makes Gregor seem stupid for not understanding that he I no longer a person.
- 37. Multiple ChoiceGregor is unable to communicate with his family and the clerk because
they can't hear him through the door
his voice in no longer
human
he is speaking German but they only understand Czechthey are shouting so loudly that they block out his words - 38. Multiple ChoiceThe Metamorphosis takes place in what Czech Republic city?BerlinPragueMunichPilsen
- 39. Multiple ChoiceWhich character can be defined as oblivious?The DadThe MomThe SisterThe Maid
- 40. Multiple ChoiceWhich character can be described as stern/harsh?The DadThe MomThe SisterThe Maid
- 41. Multiple Choice
In Chapter 1, who is the reason that Gregor comes out of his room?
The Chief Clerk
The Dad
The Mom
The Sister
- 42. Multiple ChoiceIn Chapter 2, who is basically taking care of Gregor?The MomThe dadThe SisterThe Maid
- 43. Multiple ChoiceWhy does Gregor not like the milk?He only likes chocolate milkIt was rottenHis taste buds are changingHe likes only rotten milk
- 44. Multiple ChoiceBy having the family stop doing their daily routine, Kafka is using them to represent what?How humans react to tragedyHow humans are selfishHow humans get easily depressedHow humans easily forget loved ones
- 45. Multiple ChoiceWe see that Gregor is becoming more like a bug and less like a human because...He won't eatHe crawls everywhereHe is losing his eyesightHe only eats the rotten/trash-like foods
- 46. Multiple ChoiceThe parents, especially the dad, could work, but chose not to. Thus, they were ______ off of Gregor.freeloadinglivingskimmingtaking money
- 47. Multiple ChoiceWhy does his mother faint?An asthma attackShe breathed in too much dust moving furnitureShe saw Gregor's slimy residue on the wallsShe saw Gregor for the first time
- 48. Multiple ChoiceWho gets a job and in what institution?The Sister/CulinaryThe Dad/Traveling SalesThe Sister/OrchestraThe Dad/Banking
- 49. Multiple ChoiceHow does the dad react to Gregor escaping his room?He gets angry and assaults Gregor with applesHe kicks the women out for being so carelessHe becomes understanding and allows Gregor to roam freelyHe locks Gregor in his room without food or water
- 50. Multiple ChoiceOne could say the entire story is (a/an) ______SymbolMetaphorDocumentaryAllegory
- 51. Multiple ChoiceHow does Grete change Gregor's room so he'll be more comfortable?Hangs a portrait of a lady in fursAdds an obstacle course for Gregor to climb onTakes out all of the furnitureAdds a larger bed that Gregor can fit under
- 52. Multiple ChoiceWhere does all of the action of the story take place?Gregor's workplaceIn the family's apartmentIn GermanyIn a Russian city
- 53. Multiple ChoiceWhy does it take Gregor so long to answer the door when the office manager arrives?He is ashamed of his new body.He slept through the office manager’s knock.He has trouble maneuvering his body.He is molting.
- 54. Multiple ChoiceHow does the office manager react when he sees Gregor?He flees the apartment.He fires Gregor.He attacks Gregor with his cane.He sprays Gregor with insecticide.
- 55. Multiple ChoiceWhere does Gregor feel most comfortable?In his bedOn his backUnder the couchIn the kitchen
- 56. Multiple ChoiceHow does Gregor feel when he learns that the family will need to work?Guilty and ashamedProud and vindicatedResentful and angrySad and frightened
- 57. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Gregor try to prevent from being taken from his room?A pictureA sofaA wardrobeHis favorite blanket
- 58. Multiple ChoiceWhat serious injury does Gregor sustain?His wings get bent.His antennae are torn off.An apple becomes lodged in his back.A fall from the ceiling breaks his legs
- 59. Multiple ChoiceWho takes care of Gregor when Grete begins to lose interest?The cleaning ladyThe boardersThe downstairs neighborGregor's mother
- 60. Multiple ChoiceWhat small concession does the family make to Gregor after the father injures him?They take him for walks.They leave his door open occasionally.They wash and groom him regularly.They help find him a mate.
- 61. Multiple ChoiceHow does Gregor die?He jumps out the window.He lies down by the window in exhaustion and dies.One of the boarders steps on him.Grete poisons his food.
- 62. Multiple ChoiceThe Metamorphosis is considered a ________A novelA playA NovellaA short story
- 63. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following choices represents the symbolism of the father's uniform?Some form of personal and/or political authority and power.The demeaning state to which he and the family have sunk.The separation between Gregor and his familyThe absurdity of trying to get ahead in a class-stratified society
- 64. Multiple ChoiceJobs traditionally are a good thing so what is the problem with Gregor's job?Travel is not for pleasureFood is horriblehe feels trapped in a workplace surrounded by people he does not like.all of the above
- 65. Multiple Choice
How do the family members in “The Metamorphosis” justify their decision to get rid of the insect?
They believe that if they do so, Gregor will return.
They convince themselves that the insect is not Gregor.
They are afraid that the insect will try to kill them.
They can no longer afford to feed the insect.
- 66. Multiple Choice
In “The Metamorphosis,” Gregor’s parents and sister eventually are able to make their own living without Gregor’s earnings. What do their efforts reveal about them?
They are relieved at the thought that they no longer have to be in debt to Gregor.
They have no idea about what to do with their lives without Gregor to support and guide them.
They become determined and self-reliant instead of allowing a difficult situation to defeat them.
They are too snobbish to adjust to poverty, so they seek someone to support them as Gregor once did.
- 67. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the most likely reason that Kafka in “The Metamorphosis” has Gregor turn into an insect rather than some other animal?
to reveal Gregor's evil nature
to show that Gregor has low self-esteem
to make Gregor repulsive to those around him
to frighten readers into a feeling of hatred for Gregor
- 68. Multiple Choice
In “The Metamorphosis,” as his life as an insect continues, Gregor begins to lose interest in living. Which of these events most significantly leads to Gregor’s deterioration?
Gregor discovers that other people cannot understand his speech.
His angry father treats him like a menace and throws apples at him.
His parents treat the lodgers with more concern than they have for Gregor.
Grete no longer shows compassion for him and treats him with indifference.
- 69. Multiple Choice
What does the father say when he learns of Gregor's death?
"Now we can thank God"
"My poor son"
"How could he do this to us?"
"How did he die?"
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