Question

His room, a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully between its four familiar walls.

What does the word "proper" in this passage suggest about Gregor's room?

A. It has a window and a door to allow light in.
B. It is a decorous and trendy room for entertaining.
C. It is a normal room, functioning as a bedroom.
D. It is room where immorality takes place.

Answer 1

In this sentence, the word proper means that his room is a normal bedroom, so the answer is C.

Answer 2

The correct answer is letter C. It is a normal room, functioning as a bedroom.

The excerpt from Franz Kafka's "Metamorphoses" describes the room in which the main character Gregor wakes up having been misteriously turned into a bug overnight. The room is however described as a "normal, human" one, which seems a "little too small, probably due to the new shape of its inhabitant.