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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where could the hunger artist barely show himself?
(a) The circus.
(b) School shows.
(c) Taverns.
(d) Village fairs.

2. Time and time again in good faith the artist stands by the bars doing what?
(a) Crying like a child.
(b) Listening to the impresario.
(c) Screaming madly.
(d) Feeling in agony.

3. What surrounds the artist's cage at the circus?
(a) Bright placards.
(b) Trees.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Dolls.

4. What is the rare stroke of luck the artist encounters at the circus?
(a) He is fed.
(b) A poor soul drops him bread.
(c) A father stops with his children.
(d) An animal is freed.

5. Where are the passersby going when passing the artist's cage at the circus?
(a) The circus tent.
(b) The menagerie.
(c) The main ring.
(d) The panther cage.

6. What do the audiences do once the artist collapses into the straw with a groan?
(a) Press close to gaze at him.
(b) Applaud.
(c) Weep loudly.
(d) Run away.

7. Why does the hunger artist avoid reading the contract?
(a) Because he had no manager.
(b) Because he couldn't read.
(c) To save himself money.
(d) To spare his own feelings.

8. How does the impresario punish the artist's rages?
(a) Beat the artist.
(b) Apologize publically.
(c) Scream at the artist.
(d) Feed the artist.

9. How does the impresario feel about his method of punishments?
(a) He enjoys it.
(b) He feels obligated.
(c) He hates it.
(d) He longs for it.

10. "The pampered hunger artist suddenly found himself deserted one day by the _____________."
(a) Musicians.
(b) Impresario.
(c) Amusement seekers.
(d) Butchers.

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

12. Who takes leave of the impresario?
(a) The midwife.
(b) The musician.
(c) The hunger artist.
(d) The beggar.

13. Why does the impresario suggest the artist's behavior is to be excused?
(a) His need of sleep.
(b) His god-like purity.
(c) His dampened spirit.
(d) Irritability due to fasting.

14. What does the artist, who has longed for these audience viewings at the circus, come to do?
(a) Ask to be freed.
(b) Want them more and more.
(c) Shrink from them.
(d) Ask for money.

15. From what day of the fast are the photographs taken?
(a) The fifteenth.
(b) The first.
(c) The fortieth.
(d) The seventh.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the great rush is past, who comes along the cage at the circus?

2. To what is a toast drunk after the artist is released?

3. What faction fights against those who want to look at the artist at the circus?

4. Contrary to people's regard, the hunger artist states that he could do what if given the opportunity at the circus?

5. What will surely come into fashion at a later date?

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