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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would the hunger artist do to prove he wasn't eating?
(a) Cough.
(b) Sing.
(c) Cry.
(d) Dance.

2. "Even the most _____ felt it refreshing to see this wild creature leaping around the cage that had so long been dreary."
(a) Loving.
(b) Insensitive.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Melancholy.

3. It is not easy for onlookers "to stand in the ____ of it" regarding the beast at the end of the story.
(a) Shock.
(b) Joy.
(c) Fear.
(d) Suddenness.

4. Why does the artist reply that he "can't help it" in speaking to the overseer?
(a) "Because I'm crazy."
(b) "Because I wanted to die."
(c) "Because I'll be replaced."
(d) "Because I couldn't find the food I liked."

5. What does the animal in the cage at the end of the story seem to carry around with it?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Ferociousness.
(d) Rage.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom is the hunger artist often just a joke that happens to be in fashion?

2. What does the impresario sell to the audience?

3. How does the impresario punish the artist's rages?

4. "What were they (the children) to care about ______?"

5. "A Hunger Artist" is often considered to be Kafka's most _______ story.

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