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

Short Answer Questions

1. To fight against this lack of understanding to the audience and others is what?

2. What does the artist, who has longed for these audience viewings at the circus, come to do?

3. What does the artist do, causing general alarm, in his rages?

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

5. Where are the passersby going when passing the artist's cage at the circus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of the impresario. What is his appearance? What are this character's actions and objectives in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the autobiographical elements of "A Hunger Artist." What similarities are there between the artist and the author? What differences?

Essay Topic 3

What other figures in history have had famous fasts? Why? How does the hunger artist's fast compare to these?

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