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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On fine days, where is the cage set?
(a) On a roof.
(b) By the butterfly cages.
(c) In the garden.
(d) Outside.

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

3. What do most of the watchers think the artist is looking for?
(a) Martyrdom.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Publicity.
(d) Money.

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

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

6. In the prime days of the hunger artist, how often did people want to see him?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Once a day.
(d) Once every hour.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the hunger artist's happiest moment with the overnight watchers?

2. What would the lax watchers do in a huddled corner?

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

4. According to the narrator, how did it used to pay very well to stage such performances?

5. Who could watch the hunger artist continuously, day and night?

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