What is Gregor Samsa's profession at the beginning of the story?
Furniture Maker
Office Manager
Traveling Salesman
Chief Clerk
What primary change does Gregor Samsa experience when he wakes up one morning?
He has been transformed into a gigantic insect.
He has been promoted to a higher position.
He wakes up to find his family has abandoned him.
He discovers his limbs are paralyzed.
What is Gregor's most pressing concern immediately after realizing his transformation?
His own physical pain and hunger.
How he will hide his new body from the Chief Clerk.
The psychological effect of his state on his sister, Grete.
His inability to provide for his family and pay off their debt.
Which family member initially takes the most direct responsibility for feeding and caring for Gregor?
His mother
The cleaning woman
Grete, his sister
His father
What act of violence does Gregor's father commit against him that leaves a permanent injury?
He strikes him with his walking stick.
He pours boiling water on him.
He sprays him with an insecticide.
He hurls an apple that lodges in Gregor's back.
Which item does Gregor try desperately to save when his mother and sister attempt to clear his room of furniture?
His childhood bed.
A photograph of his family.
A portrait of a woman in furs.
His desk, filled with work documents.
To compensate for the loss of Gregor's income, the family takes in three lodgers. What event ultimately causes the lodgers to leave the Samsa apartment?
The lodgers discover Gregor's new form by accident.
Grete decides to leave and marry one of them.
Gregor's father demands they pay more rent.
The family throws a dinner party and neglects them.
What is Grete's final, desperate pronouncement about Gregor?
They must move to a larger apartment with a garden.
They must find a way to communicate with him.
They must find a doctor to cure him.
They must get rid of 'it' because it is ruining them all.
How does the Samsa family primarily react when they discover Gregor has died?
With guilt and remorse for their past actions.
With total apathy, not acknowledging his passing.
With profound, overwhelming grief.
With a sense of profound relief and optimism for their future.
The theme of 'alienation' is central to the story. What is the symbolic function of Gregor's transformation in relation to this theme?
It is a punishment for his professional misconduct.
It is a physical manifestation of his pre-existing dehumanization and isolation from his job and family.
It symbolizes a sudden improvement in his life.
It represents an opportunity for the family to become closer.