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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the hunger artist's happiest moment with the overnight watchers?
(a) When they offer him food.
(b) When they leave.
(c) When they are brought breakfast.
(d) When they applaud.

3. What is carried past the cage for the beasts of prey?
(a) Cooked steaks.
(b) Live chickens.
(c) Raw meat.
(d) Flowers.

4. What does a passing father occasionally stop and point out to his children?
(a) What happens if they don't eat.
(b) Why he is in a cage.
(c) Who the poor man is.
(d) What the phenomenon means.

5. The interest of the public is stimulated by a steadily increasing pressure of what?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Advertisement.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Guilt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who pays for the breakfast brought to the watchers?

3. What does the overseer do when conversing with the artist?

4. What does the notice board by the cage keep a record of?

5. What does the occasional passerby come to make merry of?

(see the answer key)

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