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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "What was a _______ of the premature ending of his fast was here presented as the cause of it!"
(a) Consequence.
(b) Result.
(c) Gallantry.
(d) Ignorance.

2. According to the narrator, it is not only the artist that is taken on but what as well?
(a) His impresario.
(b) His martyrdom.
(c) His strength.
(d) His famous name.

3. What sight of the crowds remain the best to the artist at the circus?
(a) The sight of them peering close.
(b) The first sight in the distance.
(c) The sight of their tears.
(d) The sight as they left.

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

5. What does the impresario bring out to show the audience?
(a) Photographs of the nearly dead artist.
(b) Photographs of the healthy artist.
(c) Souvenir post cards.
(d) Photographs of the artist eating.

6. To what is a toast drunk after the artist is released?
(a) The impresario.
(b) The women.
(c) The public.
(d) The artist.

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

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

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

10. When the great rush is past, who comes along the cage at the circus?
(a) The stragglers.
(b) The animals.
(c) The clowns.
(d) The handlers.

11. How long does the artist carry on in this way, with small intervals of recuperation?
(a) One year.
(b) Many years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Three years.

12. Where, in regard to the ring, is the artist stationed?
(a) Behind.
(b) Outside.
(c) In the middle.
(d) Front and center.

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

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

15. What, in his zeal, does the hunger artist conveniently forget in talking to the circus professionals?
(a) The manager.
(b) The money issue.
(c) The change in public opinion.
(d) The need for a stage.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the impresario feel about his method of punishments?

2. What does the artist do, causing general alarm, in his rages?

3. To whom does the hunger artist hire himself out?

4. What do the stragglers do when passing the artist's cage in the circus?

5. Everywhere, "as if by secret agreement, a positive ______ from professional fasting was in evidence."

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