A Hunger Artist Test | Final Test - Hard

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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 artist do when someone would suggest his melancholy is probably caused by his fasting?

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

3. What does the impresario claim to praise of the artist to the public?

4. Of the two factions who fight around the artist's cage, which does he grow to dislike more?

5. By how many has the hunger artist been applauded in his time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the major and minor conflicts in the story. Which are internal? Which are external?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Describe the character of the artist. Why does he pursue his line of art? What is his satisfaction in it?

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