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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the impresario feel about his method of punishments?

2. What faction fights against those who want to look at the artist at the circus?

3. Who supposedly orders the toast?

4. What does a passing father occasionally stop and point out to his children?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the hunger artist's reaction to the suspicious watchers versus the watchers who play cards. How does he react to both?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the term "Kafkaesque." What qualities does work of this style and or mood convey?

Essay Topic 3

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

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