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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose eye falls on the cage one day and asks why it should be unused?
(a) A clown.
(b) An overseer.
(c) An emcee.
(d) An animal handler.

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

3. "A Hunger Artist" is often considered to be Kafka's most _______ story.
(a) Complex.
(b) Autobiographical.
(c) Dismal.
(d) Unpopular.

4. The artist might fast _____ at the circus, and does so.
(a) As long as he could.
(b) For a month.
(c) For a week.
(d) For forty days.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the artist drink every now and again?

2. It is not easy for onlookers "to stand in the ____ of it" regarding the beast at the end of the story.

3. What is the term referring to literature which shares a mood of impending doom, nightmarish narration, and a bleak and senseless complexity?

4. As the artist fasts on and on, what is it to him?

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

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