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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the permanent watchers are there at a given time?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

2. The hunger artist is never what?
(a) Grateful.
(b) Full.
(c) Unhappy.
(d) Satisfied.

3. For whom is seeing the hunger artist a special treat?
(a) Women.
(b) Children.
(c) Animals.
(d) The elderly.

4. Who sets the limit on the artist's fasts?
(a) The impresario.
(b) The maestro.
(c) The artist.
(d) The artist's father.

5. How has the artist never yet left his cage at the end of a fast?
(a) Sadly.
(b) Of his free will.
(c) Joyfully.
(d) On his feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the limit of the artist's fast set to be?

2. What is the cushioning on the hunger artist's stage?

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

4. What does the hunger artist wear?

5. What sticks out prominently on the artist?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the distractions of being near the animals at the circus? How does this affect the artist?

2. What does the artist recollect about the old days in contrast to now?

3. What about the cage's placement at the circus further lowers the artist's spirit?

4. What spectacle is there when the fast is over?

5. What is described as the antithesis of the artist?

6. What does the artist think of his repast? What does the impresario do to prove the artist's heroism?

7. What is the negative side of the hunger artist's art and of art in general?

8. What does the author imply in his description of the audience's reaction to the panther?

9. How does the artist feel about the breakfast served to the spectators? What is suspected about this by others?

10. What is the narrator's exposition regarding the artist in Part 2?

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