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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The ladies who help the artist down are apparently so friendly and in reality are so what?
(a) Derisive.
(b) Afraid.
(c) Evil.
(d) Cruel.

3. What lights the stage of the artist at night?
(a) A spotlight.
(b) Torch flares.
(c) Candles.
(d) Lamps.

4. The artist's inner what is always rankled?
(a) Dissatisfaction.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Desperation.
(d) Rage.

5. What is the artist's cage bedecked with at the end of his fast?
(a) Torches.
(b) Food.
(c) Gifts.
(d) Flowers.

6. Why is the limit set on the artist's fasts?
(a) The artist would collapse.
(b) The artist refuses to keep going.
(c) The audience loses interest after that time.
(d) The artist would die.

7. What is the artist's manager called?
(a) The heife.
(b) The kaiser.
(c) The voltar.
(d) The impresario.

8. Who pays for the breakfast brought to the watchers?
(a) The mayor.
(b) The impresario.
(c) The musicians.
(d) The artist.

9. Who is bound to be the sole, completely satisfied spectator of the artist's fast?
(a) The musician.
(b) The impresario.
(c) The child.
(d) The artist.

10. What is the point of view of "A Hunger Artist"?
(a) Third person.
(b) Fourth person.
(c) First person.
(d) Second person.

11. What is the only item of furniture in the cage?
(a) A chair.
(b) A clock.
(c) A bed.
(d) A desk.

12. When would people buy season tickets for the artist's performance?
(a) The entire fast.
(b) The last few days of the fast.
(c) The last month of the fast.
(d) The first days of the fast.

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

14. Those who are not content with the dim night lighting of the hall focused the artist in the full glare of what?
(a) A bright spotlight.
(b) A candle.
(c) A neon bulb.
(d) An electric pocket torch.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who appears, blissful at having been selected for the honor, to help the artist down?

2. How many doctors enter the cage to measure the results of the fast?

3. What would the hunger artist do to prove he wasn't eating?

4. What does the hunger artist make no secret of, yet others don't believe him?

5. What does the hunger artist wear?

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