Question

period:

1. the following question has two parts. answer part a first, and then part b.

part a in \the metamorphosis,\ as his life as an insect continues, gregor begins to lose interest i living. which of these events most directly leads to gregors giving up on life?
(this answer can be found in paragraphs 100-110 (271-272).)
a. gregor discovers that other people cannot understand his speech.
b. his angry father treats him like a menace and throws apples at him.
c. his parents treat the lodgers with more concern than they have for
gregor, though he is their son.
d. grete protests that his presence is making the family’s life intolerable,
and he sees he must go.
part b which quotation from \the metamorphosis\ best supports the answer to part a?
a. all right, people did not understand his words any more, although they
seemed clear enough to him. ... but at least people now thought that
things were not all right with him and were prepared to help him.
b. gregor’s serious wound ... (since no one ventured to remove the apple . .
.), seemed by itself to have reminded the father that ... gregor was a
member of the family, something one should not treat as an enemy.
c. he was filled with sheer anger over the wretched care he was getting....
without thinking any more about how one might be able to give gregor
special pleasure, the sister now kicked some food or other very quickly
into his room.
d. he remembered his family with deep feeling and love. in this business,
his own thought that he had to disappear was, if possible, even more
decisive than his sister’s.

1. the following question has two parts. answer part a first, and then part b.

part a in \the metamorphosis,\ how do gregor’s parents and sister react to the family’s loss
gregor’s earnings?
(this answer can be found in paragraphs 80-82 (263, 264).)
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.

Explanation:

Part A

To determine the event leading to Gregor’s giving up, analyze each option:

• Option a: Speech misunderstanding is an early issue, not the direct cause of giving up.
• Option b: Father’s apple - throwing is a harsh event but not the final trigger for Gregor’s decision to give up.
• Option c: Parents’ concern for lodgers over Gregor shows neglect but is not the most direct cause.
• Option d: Grete’s protest that his presence is intolerable makes Gregor realize he must go, directly leading to his giving up on life.

To support Part A’s answer (Grete’s protest leading to Gregor’s decision to go), analyze each quote:

• Option a: Talks about speech misunderstanding, not related to Grete’s protest or Gregor’s decision to disappear.
• Option b: Discusses Gregor’s wound and father’s reminder, not related to Grete’s protest.
• Option c: Describes sister’s anger and food - kicking, not related to the decision to disappear.
• Option d: States Gregor’s thought to disappear was more decisive than his sister’s, directly supporting that Grete’s protest led to his decision to give up (disappear).

Analyze each option for reaction to loss of Gregor’s earnings:

• Option a: “Relieved” at no debt to Gregor is incorrect as they face a new situation, not just relief.
• Option b: “No idea” is not accurate; they take action.
• Option c: They become determined and self - reliant to overcome the difficult situation of losing Gregor’s earnings, which matches the story’s development.
• Option d: “Too snobbish to adjust” is not supported; they do adjust by becoming self - reliant.

Answer:

d. Grete protests that his presence is making the family’s life intolerable, and he sees he must go.

Part B