State of Palestine Ministry of Education The Arabian Academy for Modern Education SAT/AP Department Name:_________________ 10thSAT/ Literature 1 Semester, SY 2023-2024 Metamorphosis Part ½ Date:____/11/2023 st A. Choose the best answer. 1. What is Gregor's job? a. Train conductor b. Traveling salesman c. Soldier d. Soccer manager 2. What is the best description of Gregor's transformation into a bug? a. He is spider-like, with exactly eight legs and many eyes b. He is caterpillar-like, long and lean, with many legs c. He is cockroach-like, with a rounded back and many squirmy legs d. He is butterfly-like, with wings to help him fly 3. What is the most important reason for Gregor to hold onto his job as a traveling salesman? a. He enjoys his job and is like and respected at work. b. He believes that he is only imagining that he is an insect. c. He wants to prove that he can become a human again. d. He feels responsible for the financial support of his family. 4. Which of the following best describe the narrator’s point of view in the story? a. Third-person limited: for most of the story, the narration remains focused on Gregor’s perspective. b. First-person: the story is told from Gregor’s perspective. c. Third-person omniscient: the narration remains focused on Gregor’s perspective, however it occasionally branches out to other perspectives (i.e. the manager's relief upon leaving the Samsas' home). d. Second-person: the story is told as if the reader had themselves turned into a "monstrous vermin" 5. Why is Gregor disappointed with the food that is left at his door the first night? a. The food is burned b. He wanted meat, but it's all vegetables c. It is fresh food, but tastes horrible to him now as an insect. d. It is rotten food. Mrs. Israa Elkhatib State of Palestine Ministry of Education The Arabian Academy for Modern Education SAT/AP Department 6. When Gregor thinks about his former "imaginary pains" and how they "seemed to resolve themselves", we can infer that a. has decided to take bold action b. he is just having a bad dream c. he is in denial about his situation d. often imagines himself as an insect 7. To try and get Gregor out of the bedroom, what does the chief clerk reveal about Gregor's work performance? a. Gregor is going to be transferred to a new division b. Gregor has earned a promotion and needs to come to work to receive it c. Gregor has been fired and needs to collect his belongings d. Gregor has been performing poorly and needs to improve 8. How does relationship between the Samsa family and Gregor Samsa’s boss contribute to the plot of the story? a. The Samsa family owes a lot of money, and thus Gregor works constantly to pay off this debt. b. They are on poor terms; Gregor has not been earning enough for his boss, so he works overtime in the hopes of saving his job. c. The Samsa family owe serious debt to the bank so they push Gregor’s boss to give him more responsibilities and that he may earn more. d. They are on good terms; Gregor does not wish to disappoint his family and their friend, so he dedicates himself wholly to the work. 9. Readers learn that it will take "another five or six years" for Gregor to pay off his parents' debt and that "in fifteen years of service, Gregor had never once yet been ill". What can you infer about his character based on these quotations? a. He is dutiful and sickly b. He is careless and healthy c. He is slow and likes work d. He is responsible and reliable 10. What is an allegory? a. Finding the similarities between two pieces of writing b. A mystery that is revealed slowly c. A story, or story element, in which everything symbolizes something beyond itself d. Identifying human characteristics in a non-human object or animal 11. When analyzing any story which of the following most helps you identify an allegory in the story? a. The time period the story is written in. b. The message in the story. c. The characteristics of the main characters. d. The ending of the story. Mrs. Israa Elkhatib State of Palestine Ministry of Education The Arabian Academy for Modern Education SAT/AP Department 12. Where does Gregor feel most comfortable spending his first full night as an insect and much of the rest of his time whenever someone enters the room? a. Under the couch b. On the wall c. On the ceiling d. Under the bed 13. Who brings Gregor his meals? a. His father b. His wife c. His mother d. His sister 14. Out of all the different foods that are left out, what kinds of foods does Gregor prefer to eat? a. Milk and bread b. Fresh meat c. Vegetables d. Old, rotten food 15. What surprise had Gregor been planning for Grete's future that relates to her hobbies and what she wants to do when she grows up? a. He was going to pay for law school. b. He had arranged for her to train to be a professional ballet dancer. c. He planned to pay for music school. d. He was going to pay for her to study medicine. 16. What was Gregor’s father doing with the money Gregor made rather than paying off debt? a. His father had spent it all on fancy clothes and luxury items. b. His father had lost it all in bad investments. c. His father had lost it gambling. d. His father had been putting some of it into savings. 17. What is the first thing Gregor’s sister does after entering the room each day (besides closing the door) that demonstrates the unpleasantness of her job and emphasizes the repulsiveness of Gregor’s new condition? a. She makes Gregor hide in the closet. b. She lights scented candles. c. She screams whenever she sees him. d. She opens the window to let in fresh air. Mrs. Israa Elkhatib State of Palestine Ministry of Education The Arabian Academy for Modern Education SAT/AP Department 18. Why does the family decide to remove the furniture from Gregor’s room? a. He will have nowhere to hide. b. He will be more comfortable and have more room to crawl around. c. He always makes a mess of it that takes forever to clean. d. He is ruining the furniture. 19. How is Gregor wounded at the end of the reading? a. His sister accidentally knocks him off the wall. b. His mother beats him. c. His father throws an apple that sticks into his back. d. His boss throws hot coffee on him. 20. Who begs to spare Gregor’s life in the final lines of the chapter? a. His boss b. Grete c. His father d. His mother B. Answer the following questions to the best of your abilities. Please be concise with your answer (direct and to-the-point). Do not include details that are not asked for. 1. Define ‘metamorphosis’ both literally and how it means in the story. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 2. Choose one of these symbols (the picture on the wall, the apple), describe and explain what it symbolizes in the story. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Mrs. Israa Elkhatib
