Choose the best answer for each question.

• 1) The character who was most consistently hostile to Gregor was:
  
  

  Mrs. Samsa
  Grete
  the housekeeper
  Mr. Samsa
• 2) The religion in which Kafka was born and raised was
  

  Judaism
  Catholicism
  Lutheran
  Atheism
• 3) The Metamorphosis is:
  

  an epic poem
  a short story
  a novella
  a novel
• 4) Why didn't Gregor quit his job if he hated it so much?
  Answer:
• 5) Which of the following best describes Gregor’s feelings when he
  realized he would not be able to go to work anymore?
  

  very disappointed
  somewhat pleased
  frightened
  depressed
• 6) From which point of view can Gregor's relationship with his father
  be interpreted?
  
• 7) What is the settiing of the story?
  

  a farm
  a duplex
  a suburban house
  an apartment
• 8) Gregor's job was
  

  a writer
  a doctor
  a travelling salesman
  a teacher
• 9) Which of the following best describes the reaction Gregor’s family
  had to his “change”?
  

  compassion
  gratitude
  amusement
  hostility
  love
• 10) How does Gregor feel about the people he meets in his workplace?
  

  He views them as mere objects to be used and dealt with as he sees fit
  He’s constantly seeing new faces and he never forms any relationships that last or get more intimate.
  Gregor is very social and gets along with everyone
  He has formed close friendships with some of the people who have been there awhile, but doesn’t really know the new people
• 11) Gregor's family mainly depended on him for emotional support.
  True   False
• 12) Which of the following descriptions best represent Gregor’s boss?
  

  He signifies laziness (he has one of the managers go to Gregor’s apartment), selfishness (he cares about no one except himself), and demonstrates the influence of the Existentialist philosophy.
  He represents the emotional (he is very sentimental), expressive (he does not hold back his feelings) and social responsibility (encouraging his workers to donate their time) which characterizes the Expressionism influence.
  He signifies the faceless, unfeeling government and society’s unstoppable power which grinds mankind down
  both a and b
• 13) "I would’ve gone to the boss and told him just what I think from
  the
  bottom of my heart. He would’ve fallen right off his desk! How
  weird
  it is to sit up at that desk and talk down to the employee from way
  up there. The boss has trouble hearing, so the employee has to step
  up quite close to him"
  Which of the following best explains the significance of the boss’s
  desk?
  

  The desk represents the commitment the boss has to his work, and the respect his employees have for him in making sure he can hear what they are saying.
  The boss is apparently a very clumsy person and pretends he is hard of hearing. That way, if he falls he will land on an employee rather than the floor.
  The desk forshadows the removing of Gregor's furniture in the next chapter
  He sits on his desk and talks down to the employees from above while they have to come up close to him because he is hard of hearing. The power of the boss and lowly status of the employee are emphasized.
• 14) Which best describes Gregor’s reaction once he realizes that he is
  not dreaming?
  

  He is extremely depressed and spends his time wondering how a bug would commit suicide
  Rather than being horrified at what has happened, he can think only of his hated job
  He has no reaction; he just lies in bed and tries to forget about what he seems to be experiencing.
  He is horrified about his condition and grieves about losing the best job he’s ever had
  Both a and b
• 15) Which best describes the author’s purpose in including details in
  Chapter 1 of the picture hanging on Gregor's wall?
  

  It was Gregor's prized possssion and the family selfishly sells it to get more money
  The picture is actually of his mother and represents the Freudian influence in Kafka’s work
  The attention given to the picture foreshadows its significant role in Chapter 2
  The picture was painted by Gregor and represents his former life as a human being
  none of the above
• 16) "It’s a monotonous, uninteresting grinding treadmill of activity".
  This statement best describes:
  

  Gregor's life as a salesman
  Gregor's life after he changed into a bug
  The housekeeper's attitude toward her work
  Mrs. Samsa's job
• 17) Which of the following describes Gregor's health at the beginning
  of
  Chapter 2?
  

  He still has a fairly good appetite
  One leg has been severely damaged
  He is dazed, has trouble breathing, and hurts on the side where his father shoved him
  both a and b
  both b and c
• 18) In Chapters 1 and 2 Gregor's dominant emotion is guilt.
  True   False
• 19) How does the author demonstrate Grete’s changing attitude toward
  Gregor in Chapter 2?
  

  When she enters his room, she runs in and throws open the windows
  She cannot be near or even look at Gregor.
  While she still looks after him there is an element of distaste in her behavior
  all of the above
  none of the above
• 20) Give three examples of Kafka's use of the number 3.