Question

the following question has two parts. answer part a first, and then part b.
part a in \the metamorphosis,\ how do gregors parents and sister react to the familys loss of gregors earnings?
a. they are relieved at the thought that they no longer have to be in debt to gregor.
b. they have no idea about what to do with their lives without gregor to support and guide them.
c. they become determined and self - reliant instead of allowing a difficult situation to defeat them.
d. they are too snobbish to adjust to poverty, so they seek someone to support them as gregor once did.
part b which quotation from the text best supports the answer to part a?
a. bent far over, the mother sewed fine undergarments for a fashion shop. the sister, who had taken on a job as a salesgirl, in the evening studied stenography and french, so as perhaps later to obtain a better position.
b. the main thing holding the family back from a change in living quarters was far more their complete hopelessness and the idea that they had been struck by a misfortune like no one else in their entire circle of relatives and acquaintances.
c. in any case, no one paid gregor any attention. the family was all caught up in the violin playing.
d. \we must try to get rid of it,\ the sister now said decisively to the father, for the mother, in her coughing fit, wasnt listening to anything. \it is killing you both. i see it coming. when people work as hard as we all do, they cannot also tolerate this endless torment at home. i just cant go on any more.\

Explanation:

For Part A: In The Metamorphosis, after Gregor's transformation (and thus loss of earnings), his family members take on jobs (mother sews, sister gets a job and studies for better position, father also works). This shows they become determined and self - reliant.
For Part B: Option a shows the mother and sister taking active steps (working and studying) which supports the idea that they are becoming self - reliant as in Part A.

Answer:

Part A: c. They become determined and self - reliant instead of allowing a difficult situation to defeat them.
Part B: a. Bent far over, the mother sewed fine undergarments for a fashion shop. The sister, who had taken on a job as a salesgirl, in the evening studied stenography and French, so as perhaps later to obtain a better position.