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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the passersby going when passing the artist's cage at the circus?
(a) The panther cage.
(b) The circus tent.
(c) The main ring.
(d) The menagerie.

2. Everywhere, "as if by secret agreement, a positive ______ from professional fasting was in evidence."
(a) Distaste.
(b) Propulsion.
(c) Revulsion.
(d) Interest.

3. What surrounds the artist's cage at the circus?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Dolls.
(c) Bright placards.
(d) Trees.

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

5. Where, in regard to the ring, is the artist stationed?
(a) Front and center.
(b) Outside.
(c) In the middle.
(d) Behind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the impresario hurry the artist to discover where interest might lay?

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

3. What sight of the crowds remain the best to the artist at the circus?

4. The passing father might tell his children of "earlier years when he had watched similar but ___________ performances."

5. From what day of the fast are the photographs taken?

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