The Metamorphosis

What does the following sentence mainly reveal about Gregor (paragraph 1)?

One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug. He lay on his armour-hard back and saw, as he lifted his head up a little, his brown, arched abdomen divided up into rigid bow-like sections. From this height the blanket, just about ready to slide off completely, could hardly stay in place. His numerous legs, pitifully thin in comparison to the rest of his circumference, flickered helplessly before his eyes.

• He awakens one day to discover he has been healed.

• He awakens to another average day.

• His transformation occurs overnight.

• After years of experimentation, he has finally transformed himself into another creature

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Which sentence best summarizes the following passage (paragraph 3)?

Gregor’s glance then turned to the window. The dreary weather (the rain drops were falling audibly down on the metal window ledge) made him quite melancholy. ‘Why don’t I keep sleeping for a little while longer and forget all this foolishness,’ he thought. But this was entirely impractical, for he was used to sleeping on his right side, and in his present state he couldn’t get himself into this position. No matter how hard he threw himself onto his right side, he always rolled again onto his back. He must have tried it a hundred times, closing his eyes, so that he would not have to see the wriggling legs, and gave up only when he began to feel a light, dull pain in his side which he had never felt before.

• Gregor is excited about his transformation.

• Gregor is determined to find a cure in order to become human again.

• Gregor decides to go back to sleep, but is unable to do so.

• Gregor falls back asleep.

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What mainly can the reader infer from the following passage (paragraph 4)?

‘O God,’ he thought, ‘what a demanding job I’ve chosen! Day in, day out on the road. The stresses of trade are much greater than the work going on at head office, and, in addition to that, I have to deal with the problems of traveling, the worries about train connections, irregular bad food, temporary and constantly changing human relationships which never come from the heart. To hell with it all!’

• Gregor believes his job has prevented him from creating lasting relationships.

• Gregor is happy he chose professional ambition over personal happiness.

• Gregor is nearing retirement.

• Gregor has recently received a promotion.

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“The Metamorphosis” is told in the _______tense, from a _______point of view.

• past; first-person

• past; third-person

• present; first-person

• present; third-person

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Which statement about Gregor is best supported by the following passage (paragraph 5)?

‘This getting up early,’ he thought, ‘makes a man quite idiotic. A man must have his sleep. Other traveling salesmen live like harem women. For instance, when I come back to the inn during the course of the morning to write up the necessary orders, these gentlemen are just sitting down to breakfast. If I were to try that with my boss, I’d be thrown out on the spot. Still, who knows whether that mightn’t be really good for me. If I didn’t hold back for my parents’ sake, I would’ve quit ages ago. 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 the 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. Anyway, I haven’t completely given up that hope yet. Once I’ve got together the money to pay off the parents’ debt to him—that should take another five or six years—I’ll do it for sure. Then I’ll make the big break. In any case, right now I have to get up. My train leaves at five o’clock.’

• Gregor reflects on the kindness and generosity of his boss.

• Gregor resents his work, but continues due to family obligations.

• Gregor is determined to receive a promotion.

• Gregor is determined to quit his job within the next year.

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Which statement from the excerpt most strongly supports the idea that Gregor resents his work, but does it out of family obligation?

• “For instance, when I come back to the inn during the course of the morning to write up the necessary orders, these gentlemen are just sitting down to breakfast.”

• “If I didn’t hold back for my parents’ sake, I would’ve quit ages ago. I would’ve gone to the boss and told him just what I think from the bottom of my heart.”

• “The boss has trouble hearing, so the employee has to step up quite close to him.”

• “In any case, right now I have to get up. My train leaves at five o’clock.”

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Which statement about Gregor’s state of mind is best supported by the following passage (paragraph 13)?

At the same moment, however, he didn’t forget to remind himself from time to time of the fact that calm (indeed the calmest) reflection might be better than the most confused decisions. At such moments, he directed his gaze as precisely as he could toward the window, but unfortunately there was little confident cheer to be had from a glance at the morning mist, which concealed even the other side of the narrow street. ‘It’s already seven o’clock’ he told himself at the latest striking of the alarm clock, ‘already seven o’clock and still such a fog.’ And for a little while longer he lay quietly with weak breathing, as if perhaps waiting for normal and natural conditions to re-emerge out of the complete stillness.

• Gregor has accepted his transformation with dignity.

• Gregor is delighted to begin his new life.

• Gregor tries to remain calm, despite the strange situation.

• Gregor takes hasty and panicked actions.

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Which sentence most strongly supports that Gregor tries to remain calm, despite his strange situation?

• “… he didn’t forget to remind himself from time to time of the fact that calm (indeed the calmest) reflection might be better than the most confused decisions.”

• “At such moments, he directed his gaze as precisely as he could toward the window… ”

• “‘It’s already seven o’clock’ he told himself at the latest striking of the alarm clock, ‘already seven o’clock and still such a fog.’”

• “And for a little while longer he lay quietly with weak breathing, as if perhaps waiting for normal and natural conditions to re-emerge out of the complete stillness.”

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A synonym of confined is....

• wary

• trapped

• unceasing

• random

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A synonym of incessant is....

• trapped

• random

• unceasing

• wary

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