The Metamorphosis Final Test: Whole-Novella Quiz

The Metamorphosis Whole Novella questions

The answers and an explanation for each question appear as you play, and on the answer-key page of the printout.

1. What does Gregor turn into?
   A monstrous insect-like vermin · A large black dog · A bird trapped in his room · A human shadow without a body
2. What was Gregor's job?
   Clerk at his father's bank · Teacher at a local school · Musician in an orchestra · Travelling salesman for a cloth firm
3. How does Grete's attitude to Gregor change across the story?
   From fear to a growing affection · From indifference to deep grief · From careful kindness to firm rejection · It never really changes at all
4. What does the story suggest about Gregor's value to his family?
   It rested on his good nature · It depended on the money he brought home · It grew once he could not work · It was the same before and after
5. How is the novella divided?
   Three parts, each ending with a crisis · Ten short chapters, one per day · Two halves, before and after · A series of letters and diaries
6. Who discovers that Gregor has died?
   Grete · His mother · One of the lodgers · The charwoman
7. Why does Gregor's voice matter in the first scene?
   He has lost his voice completely · He speaks perfectly but no one listens · His words no longer sound human to others · He can only sing instead of speak
8. How does Gregor's mother react to him?
   She refuses ever to enter his room · She wants to see him but faints at the sight · She cares for him daily without fear · She blames Grete for his condition
9. What does the ending suggest about the family's future?
   They will thrive now that Gregor is gone · They will never recover from their loss · They will sell the flat and split up · They will search for a cure for others
10. How is the story's most fantastic event narrated?
    In wild, poetic exclamations · As a nightmare Gregor recalls · Through a doctor's case notes · In calm, matter-of-fact prose

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Written in German (Die Verwandlung); English translations differ, so questions describe events rather than quote a translation.

Original questions written for Pagine. Quotations are from the public-domain text.