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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "A large _____ with its enormous traffic in replacing and recruiting men, animals and apparatus can always find use for people at any time."
(a) Vaudeville show.
(b) Museum.
(c) Fair.
(d) Circus.

2. What sight of the crowds remain the best to the artist at the circus?
(a) The sight as they left.
(b) The sight of them peering close.
(c) The first sight in the distance.
(d) The sight of their tears.

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

4. What is the rare stroke of luck the artist encounters at the circus?
(a) He is fed.
(b) An animal is freed.
(c) A poor soul drops him bread.
(d) A father stops with his children.

5. What faction fights against those who want to look at the artist at the circus?
(a) Those who want past to the animals.
(b) Those who manage him.
(c) Those who want to kill him.
(d) Those who want a better view.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the impresario claim to praise of the artist to the public?

2. What will surely come into fashion at a later date?

3. What is one reason the hunger artist cannot adopt another profession?

4. What, in his zeal, does the hunger artist conveniently forget in talking to the circus professionals?

5. "What was a _______ of the premature ending of his fast was here presented as the cause of it!"

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