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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where could the hunger artist barely show himself?
(a) Taverns.
(b) The circus.
(c) School shows.
(d) Village fairs.

2. "At first he could hardly wait for the _____; it was exhilarating to watch the crowds come streaming his way."
(a) Intervals.
(b) Rush hour.
(c) Stampede.
(d) Storm.

3. What always unnerves the artist and proves too much for him?
(a) The audience's whispering.
(b) The undying hunger.
(c) The impresario's perversion of the truth.
(d) The impresario's presence.

4. What do the stragglers do when passing the artist's cage in the circus?
(a) Stand a long time.
(b) Hardly glance at him.
(c) Give him money.
(d) Wait for him to talk.

5. What does the impresario sell to the audience?
(a) Sandwiches.
(b) Photographs.
(c) Stencils.
(d) Autographs.

6. Time and time again in good faith the artist stands by the bars doing what?
(a) Crying like a child.
(b) Listening to the impresario.
(c) Screaming madly.
(d) Feeling in agony.

7. People might have stayed longer at the artist's cage at the circus but for what?
(a) The lack of a manager.
(b) The screaming of the children.
(c) The crowds on the gangway.
(d) The money necessary.

8. Contrary to people's regard, the hunger artist states that he could do what if given the opportunity at the circus?
(a) Learn to walk the tightrope.
(b) Walk on fire.
(c) Establish a record never yet achieved.
(d) Quit starving.

9. How is the artist's performance affected by his advancing age?
(a) It is more difficult.
(b) It is not impaired.
(c) It is more desperate.
(d) It is easier.

10. Those who want to stare at the artist at the circus do so not out of interest, but out of what?
(a) Seething self-righteousness.
(b) Stubborn desire.
(c) Leering loathing.
(d) Obstinate self-assertiveness.

11. To what is a toast drunk after the artist is released?
(a) The impresario.
(b) The artist.
(c) The public.
(d) The women.

12. Why does the hunger artist avoid reading the contract?
(a) Because he had no manager.
(b) To spare his own feelings.
(c) To save himself money.
(d) Because he couldn't read.

13. Who can hardly understand the artist's temperament, according to the impresario?
(a) Animals.
(b) Women.
(c) Well-fed people.
(d) The impresario.

14. What does the impresario bring out to show the audience?
(a) Souvenir post cards.
(b) Photographs of the artist eating.
(c) Photographs of the nearly dead artist.
(d) Photographs of the healthy artist.

15. What does the impresario claim to praise of the artist to the public?
(a) His ignorance.
(b) His godliness.
(c) His dedication.
(d) His ambition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the hunger artist stationed next to at the circus?

2. What faction fights against those who want to look at the artist at the circus?

3. How does the impresario punish the artist's rages?

4. Why is the artist's troubled spirit all the more troubled?

5. "The pampered hunger artist suddenly found himself deserted one day by the _____________."

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