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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the impresario bring out to show the audience?

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

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

4. People might have stayed longer at the artist's cage at the circus but for what?

5. To whom does the hunger artist hire himself out?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the plot structure of "A Hunger Artist." How well does this story fit into the mold of a traditional plot?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of alienation in the story. Who embodies this quality? How does the author use symbolism to convey this theme?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Kafka's use of exposition in the story. What does he detail in the exposition? How much of the story contains exposition? Why?

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