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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the best, the audience sets the artist down as what?
(a) A thief.
(b) Modest.
(c) Anorexic.
(d) A fraud.

2. Where does the hunger artist perform?
(a) A barred cage.
(b) A stage.
(c) A glass cage.
(d) A wagon.

3. Who is bound to be the sole, completely satisfied spectator of the artist's fast?
(a) The impresario.
(b) The child.
(c) The artist.
(d) The musician.

4. What is a necessary accompaniment to the profession of fasting?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Anger.
(c) Suspicion.
(d) Rudeness.

5. Who selects the permanent watchers?
(a) The artist.
(b) The public.
(c) The mayor.
(d) The manager.

6. What lights the stage of the artist at night?
(a) Lamps.
(b) A spotlight.
(c) Torch flares.
(d) Candles.

7. How many of the permanent watchers are there at a given time?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

8. What does the hunger artist alone know?
(a) How difficult it is to fast.
(b) How proud he's become.
(c) How lonely he is.
(d) How easy it is to fast.

9. How has the artist never yet left his cage at the end of a fast?
(a) Sadly.
(b) On his feet.
(c) Joyfully.
(d) Of his free will.

10. For whom is the hunger artist often just a joke that happens to be in fashion?
(a) The elders.
(b) The children.
(c) The priests.
(d) The women.

11. What does the hunger artist wear?
(a) A turtleneck.
(b) Black tights.
(c) A loin cloth.
(d) A cloth rag.

12. The hunger artist is never what?
(a) Grateful.
(b) Full.
(c) Satisfied.
(d) Unhappy.

13. The interest of the public is stimulated by a steadily increasing pressure of what?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Advertisement.

14. According to the narrator, how did it used to pay very well to stage such performances?
(a) In the circus.
(b) In the town square.
(c) In the theater.
(d) Under one's own management.

15. For whom is seeing the hunger artist a special treat?
(a) Animals.
(b) Children.
(c) The elderly.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which watchers are more to the taste of the hunger artist?

2. What does the artist hold outside the bars from time to time?

3. How are the results of the fast announced?

4. What would the children do "for greater security" while watching the artist?

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

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