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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 impresario.
(b) The musicians.
(c) The watchers.
(d) The artist.

2. Who sets the limit on the artist's fasts?
(a) The artist's father.
(b) The artist.
(c) The impresario.
(d) The maestro.

3. How long is the limit of the artist's fast set to be?
(a) Four months.
(b) Forty days.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Four weeks.

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

5. The hunger artist is never what?
(a) Full.
(b) Satisfied.
(c) Grateful.
(d) Unhappy.

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

7. Who lends the watchers the bright light to focus on the artist?
(a) The impresario.
(b) The kaiser.
(c) The musician.
(d) The artist.

8. What does the hunger artist make no secret of, yet others don't believe him?
(a) That he isn't hungry.
(b) That he is starving.
(c) That fasting is difficult.
(d) That fasting is easy.

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

10. What sticks out prominently on the artist?
(a) His knuckles.
(b) His ribs.
(c) His jaw.
(d) His cheekbones.

11. How does the artist feel about the bright light used by some watchers?
(a) It doesn't trouble him.
(b) It makes him miserable.
(c) It makes him defenseless.
(d) It makes him angry.

12. What would the children do "for greater security" while watching the artist?
(a) Hold each others' hands.
(b) Run away.
(c) Hide behind their mothers.
(d) Hide their eyes.

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

14. When the watchers are invited to take on a night's vigil without a breakfast, what do they do?
(a) Lie about the artist.
(b) Insist on money.
(c) Get angry.
(d) Make themselves scarce.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why do many people regretfully have to keep away from his exhibitions?

4. What is the artist's cage bedecked with at the end of his fast?

5. In what tense is "A Hunger Artist" written?

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