The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

How does Gregor communicate with his family after his transformation?

• By sending them text messages

• By making noises and movements that resemble speech and gestures.

• By writing letters to them

• By using a telepathic connection

What is the main character transformed into?

• A prince

• An insect-like creature

• A millionaire

• An inanimate object

Who came to visit the Samsa family?

• The Boss

• An DIJ officer

• The chief clerk

• The archangel

A literary work with kafkaesque style contains the following qualities...

• bureaucratic annoyance

• bizarre circumstances

• self disgust

• all of the bove

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Which of the following objects in the main character's room serves as a safeguard, or protection from being exposed to the outside world of his abominable transformation?

• The window

• The door

• The alarm clock

• The textile samples

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The name of the main character is...

• Grete Samsa

• Gregor Samsa

• Gregorio Mendel

• Grey Christian

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What is the external conflict of the main character in this segment of the story?

• His argument with the boss for a raise

• His discontent with bad food when travelling

• The physical inability due to the transformation

• The lack of public transportation

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What does Kafka mean when he dedicates his book to the "Gregor Samsas everywhere"?

• Dedicated to all those people who have been dehumanized by bureaucracies.

• Dedicated to all those people who turn into cockroaches.

• Dedicated to all those who said I wouldn't make it.

• Dedicated to all those who have been dehumanized by their parents.

• Dedicated to all those people who eat cockroaches.

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Who has produced over two dozen books including Ruins (winner of the 2016 Eisner Award) and adaptations of many of Franz Kafka's works into comics including The Metamorphosis?

• Franz Kafka

• Peter Kuper

• Gregor Samsa

• Luke Skywalker

• Ms. Harris

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The story, Metamorphosis, is written by:

• Edgar Allen Poe

• Walt Whitman

• Franz Kafka

• Emily Dickinson

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