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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who could produce first-hand evidence that the fast has really been rigorous and continuous?
(a) The musicians.
(b) The artist.
(c) The watchers.
(d) The impresario.

2. According to the narrator, how did it used to pay very well to stage such performances?
(a) In the theater.
(b) In the circus.
(c) Under one's own management.
(d) In the town square.

3. The narrator writes that "during these last _____ an interest in professional fasting has diminished."
(a) Decades.
(b) Centuries.
(c) Months.
(d) Years.

4. What is a necessary accompaniment to the profession of fasting?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Suspicion.
(c) Rudeness.
(d) Anger.

5. What does the artist tell stories of with his watchers?
(a) His nomadic life.
(b) His craft.
(c) His hunger.
(d) His joy.

6. "There were people who argued that this breakfast was an unfair attempt" to do what?
(a) Humiliate the watchers.
(b) Bribe the watchers.
(c) Prove his humility.
(d) Poison the watchers.

7. What does the artist stubbornly refuse to do at the last moment of his fast?
(a) Sing.
(b) Eat.
(c) Cry.
(d) Stand up.

8. What would the lax watchers do in a huddled corner?
(a) Play cards.
(b) Play dice.
(c) Eat.
(d) Drink.

9. How many doctors enter the cage to measure the results of the fast?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

10. At the best, the audience sets the artist down as what?
(a) Anorexic.
(b) A thief.
(c) A fraud.
(d) Modest.

11. Who appears, blissful at having been selected for the honor, to help the artist down?
(a) Three children.
(b) Two women.
(c) One mother.
(d) Two men.

12. What type of band plays the last day of the fast?
(a) A string quartet.
(b) A gypsy band.
(c) A local orchestra.
(d) A military band.

13. Where does the hunger artist perform?
(a) A stage.
(b) A glass cage.
(c) A wagon.
(d) A barred cage.

14. Which watchers are more to the taste of the hunger artist?
(a) Those who play cards.
(b) Those who offer him food.
(c) Those who sit close to the bars.
(d) Those who cry at his pain.

15. How many of the permanent watchers are there at a given time?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the prime days of the hunger artist, how often did people want to see him?

2. What is the point of view of "A Hunger Artist"?

3. Those who are not content with the dim night lighting of the hall focused the artist in the full glare of what?

4. How does the artist feel about the bright light used by some watchers?

5. For whom is seeing the hunger artist a special treat?

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