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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under what circumstances does the circus make use of the hunger artist?
(a) He is not paid.
(b) He feeds the animals.
(c) He behaves.
(d) He doesn't ask much.

2. What streams from the beast in the cage's throat at the end of the story?
(a) Joy of life.
(b) Greed.
(c) Outrage.
(d) Hunger.

3. What is the rare stroke of luck the artist encounters at the circus?
(a) A poor soul drops him bread.
(b) A father stops with his children.
(c) An animal is freed.
(d) He is fed.

4. What reminds one man of the hunger artist when he doesn't see the artist in the cage?
(a) His fame.
(b) The placards.
(c) The notice board.
(d) His artistry.

5. What does the occasional passerby come to make merry of?
(a) The empty cage.
(b) The old man in a box.
(c) The lions' cages.
(d) The old figure on the board.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What would the lax watchers do in a huddled corner?

4. What style embodies "A Hunger Artist"?

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

(see the answer key)

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