Metamorphosis Quiz Review

What is the best description of Gregor's transformation into a bug?

• He is caterpillar-like, long and lean, with many legs

• He is beetle-like, with a rounded back and many squirmy legs

• He is butterfly-like, with wings to help him fly

• He is spider-like, with exactly eight legs and many eyes

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To try and get Gregor out of the bedroom, what does the  chief clerk reveal about Gregor's work performance?

• Gregor has been performing poorly and needs to improve

• Gregor has earned a promotion and needs to come to work to receive it

• Gregor is going to be transferred to a new division

• Gregor has been fired and needs to collect his belongings

How is the transformation into a bug a representation of Gregor’s problems?

• It is an outward expression of the monstrous inner anger he feels toward how work that is properly conveyed as a monstrous creature

• It aligns with his begrudging work in pest control sales

• It's an outward expression of an alienation he has already experienced both at home and at work

• It is a symbolic gesture mean to warp the sense and sensibility of the other characters as well as the reader

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Which of the following is NOT one of the ways Gregor attempts to maintain his humanity?

• He admires a framed picture in his room of a woman in her boa

• He is drawn out of his room at the sound of his sister playing violin

• Gregor looks to watch his family dine, even if from afar

• Gregor attempts to go to work in his current condition, only to be feared by his coworkers.

At the end of the story, which of the following does NOT apply?

• The Samsa family discusses Grete's prospects of marriage

• The Samsa family mourns the loss of their son Gregor with an elaborate and well-deserved funeral

• The Samsa family was going to get a new, smaller and more manageable, apartment

• The Samsa family leaves their home filled with hope and feelings of good future prospects

The ending can be viewed as both a happy and tragic ending.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Which of the following does NOT explain how the ending can be viewed as both a happy and tragic ending.

• The Samsa family has hopeful prospects for themselves

• The Samsa family happiness is at the expense of Gregor's death.

• Gregor's eventual death is celebrated by the Samsa family as they are now able to be free from his control and tyranny.

• Gregor's deterioration and eventual death prompt the family to find work and a better future.

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Which of the following could NOT be considered a theme topic for the story?

• alienation & isolation

• familial relationships

• transformation

• comptetiion

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Which of the following character's does NOT go through a transformation (or metamorphosis if you will)?

• Gregor

• Grete

• The Boss

• Samsa Parents

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