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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When would people buy season tickets for the artist's performance?

2. What sticks out prominently on the artist?

3. What would the hunger artist do to prove he wasn't eating?

4. According to the narrator, how did it used to pay very well to stage such performances?

5. Who sets the limit on the artist's fasts?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the artist an exhibitionist versus an inhibitionist?

2. Where is the artist's cage placed in the circus? What is the description of it?

3. What might the hunger artist's explanation refer to regarding the author?

4. Describe the impresario. What are the objectives of this character?

5. How do writing and the art of hunger compare metaphorically?

6. Where do the artist and impresario travel in Part 2 and why?

7. What changes in terms of the artist's limitations in Part 2?

8. What are the reactions of those who do stop at the circus?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the different interpretations of the story "A Hunger Artist." What do each of these imply is the meaning of Kafka's work?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of the suffering artist in the modern world. How does the author present this theme? What does his story mean to you in regard to this theme?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the artist and the panther. What adjectives are used to describe each? How do these compare in the eyes of the audience?

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