A Hunger Artist Test | Final Test - Medium

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of the two factions who fight around the artist's cage, which does he grow to dislike more?
(a) The ones who want past.
(b) The ones who fight for the better view.
(c) The ones who want to stop and stare.
(d) The ones who want to feed him.

2. To whom does the hunger artist hire himself out?
(a) A large circus.
(b) A local fair.
(c) An art gallery.
(d) A museum.

3. When does the lack of interest of the public seem to take hold?
(a) Almost overnight.
(b) As the radio is introduced.
(c) Gradually over years.
(d) As the tightrope walkers enter.

4. When the weight of the protagonist lands on one of the ladies, she finds "this post of honor was not at all _______."
(a) A saintly gesture.
(b) A post of honor.
(c) A delight.
(d) What she expected it to be.

5. To what is a toast drunk after the artist is released?
(a) The artist.
(b) The public.
(c) The women.
(d) The impresario.

Short Answer Questions

1. What cannot hold out against the fact that the crowds are on their way only to the menagerie?

2. Who can hardly understand the artist's temperament, according to the impresario?

3. Why does the impresario suggest the artist's behavior is to be excused?

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

5. What do the audiences do once the artist collapses into the straw with a groan?

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