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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the artist's troubled spirit all the more troubled?
(a) His utter loneliness.
(b) For constant hunger.
(c) No one takes his trouble seriously.
(d) His lack of money.

2. "At first he could hardly wait for the _____; it was exhilarating to watch the crowds come streaming his way."
(a) Intervals.
(b) Rush hour.
(c) Storm.
(d) Stampede.

3. When the weight of the protagonist lands on one of the ladies, she finds "this post of honor was not at all _______."
(a) A delight.
(b) A post of honor.
(c) What she expected it to be.
(d) A saintly gesture.

4. What do the stragglers do when passing the artist's cage in the circus?
(a) Hardly glance at him.
(b) Wait for him to talk.
(c) Stand a long time.
(d) Give him money.

5. What incomprehensible boast of the artist's does the impresario mention to the public?
(a) That he wants a wife.
(b) That he could fast longer.
(c) That he is hungry.
(d) That he wants freedom.

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

7. When the hordes came pouring out to see the _____, they can hardly avoid passing the artist's cage.
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Clowns.
(c) Animals.
(d) Parachutists.

8. What does the impresario claim to praise of the artist to the public?
(a) His ignorance.
(b) His ambition.
(c) His godliness.
(d) His dedication.

9. Where does the impresario hurry the artist to discover where interest might lay?
(a) To America.
(b) To Asia.
(c) To Africa.
(d) All over Europe.

10. What cannot hold out against the fact that the crowds are on their way only to the menagerie?
(a) Desperate facade.
(b) Innate unknowing.
(c) Manic necessity.
(d) Obstinate self-deception.

11. What always unnerves the artist and proves too much for him?
(a) The impresario's presence.
(b) The undying hunger.
(c) The impresario's perversion of the truth.
(d) The audience's whispering.

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

13. When does the lack of interest of the public seem to take hold?
(a) As the radio is introduced.
(b) Gradually over years.
(c) As the tightrope walkers enter.
(d) Almost overnight.

14. Of the two factions who fight around the artist's cage, which does he grow to dislike more?
(a) The ones who want to stop and stare.
(b) The ones who want past.
(c) The ones who fight for the better view.
(d) The ones who want to feed him.

15. Who would burst into tears at the release of the artist?
(a) The artist.
(b) The woman holding him up.
(c) The impresario.
(d) The entire audience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary device is used in this sentence: "He was at once deafened by the storm of shouting."

2. By how many has the hunger artist been applauded in his time?

3. "What was a _______ of the premature ending of his fast was here presented as the cause of it!"

4. Who supposedly orders the toast?

5. What does the artist, who has longed for these audience viewings at the circus, come to do?

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