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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does the artist answer questions?
(a) A joyful reverence.
(b) A great smile.
(c) A laugh.
(d) A constrained smile.

2. Who are the permanent watchers, usually?
(a) Candy salesmen.
(b) Priests.
(c) Butchers.
(d) Mothers.

3. What is the cushioning on the hunger artist's stage?
(a) Mats.
(b) Straw.
(c) Feathers.
(d) Pillows.

4. When the watchers are invited to take on a night's vigil without a breakfast, what do they do?
(a) Make themselves scarce.
(b) Get angry.
(c) Lie about the artist.
(d) Insist on money.

5. What does the hunger artist wear?
(a) Black tights.
(b) A loin cloth.
(c) A turtleneck.
(d) A cloth rag.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the impresario secretly do to the hunger artist as he lifts him?

2. What sticks out prominently on the artist?

3. What does the artist drink every now and again?

4. What does the artist hold outside the bars from time to time?

5. Who selects the permanent watchers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author imply in his description of the audience's reaction to the panther?

2. How do the artist's final words contradict his behavior?

3. What has happened to the interest in fasting at the beginning of the story? How has this affected the artist?

4. What does the artist "do" in the cage? What is his interaction with the audience?

5. Why doesn't the artist complain to the management at the circus?

6. How long is the fast and why is it this fixed time?

7. What about the cage's placement at the circus further lowers the artist's spirit?

8. How does the impresario wrap up his sympathy routines in Part 2?

9. How does the circus diminish the artist's form?

10. What is one way to view the artist's suffering negatively?

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