Part I.

I)      Define the following terms and use each of them in a sentence.

a)      Metamorphosis

b)      Admonish

c)      Brusque

d)      Fathom

e)      Fulminations

f)      Harbinger

g)     Plaintively

h)     Ravenous

i)      Supine

j)      Vaulted

k)      Vermin

II)                 Answer the following questions:

1.      How does Gregor feel about his job?

2.       What evidence in the story reveals his feelings?

3.      What is Gregor’s role in his family? 

4.      Why does he have so much responsibility?

5.      What happens to Gregor when he leaves his room to meet the office manager?

6.      What does this episode reveal about Gregor’s father?

7.      From Gregor’s point of view, what might be some of the positive aspects of his metamorphosis?

8.      What circumstances in Gregor’s life might have caused him to feel dehumanized even before his metamorphosis took place?

Part II.

I)                   Define the following words and use each in a sentence:

a)      Comatose

b)      Inveigle

c)      Pallid

d)      Poignantly

e)      Ruminations

f)        Settee

II)                 Answer the following questions:

1.      What does Gregor’s father reveal about the family’s financial status?

2.      What is Gregor’s response when Grete decides to remove the furniture from his room?

3.      How is Gregor wounded?

4.      What symbolic significance might the object that wounds him have?

5.      How does Gregor entertain himself?

6.      What kind of changes does Gregor notice in his father?

Part III.

I)                   Define the following terms and use each in a sentence.

a)      Apathetic

b)      Bailiwick

c)      Harry

d)      Impelled

e)      Perusal

f)        Quizzically

g)      Vouchsafe

h)      Windfall

II)                 Answer the following questions:

1.      Why do you think Grete’s attitude toward Gregor changed?

2.      Who comes to live with the Samsas?

3.      What might be the significance of these new characters?

4.      Why did Kafka not give them names or other individual characteristics?

5.      How does Gregor respond to his sister’s violin playing?

6.      What might Kafka be implying about Gregor by describing this reaction?

7.      Why does Gregor die?

8.      What effect does Gregor’s metamorphosis ultimately have on his family?