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

2. What does the artist tell stories of with his watchers?
(a) His craft.
(b) His hunger.
(c) His joy.
(d) His nomadic life.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the artist's manager called?

2. On fine days, where is the cage set?

3. What is a necessary accompaniment to the profession of fasting?

4. In the prime days of the hunger artist, how often did people want to see him?

5. Which watchers are more to the taste of the hunger artist?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens once the impresario has shaken the weakened artist following the fast?

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

3. What could be said in terms of the artist as a martyr? What differing definitions are there of this term and how do they apply?

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

5. How does the impresario wrap up his sympathy routines in Part 2?

6. What do the handlers of the artist inevitably do when helping him from the cage?

7. What does the artist experience of the audience at the circus?

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

9. How does the artist respond when the attendant tells him they have admired his fasting? What happens after he dies?

10. How do writing and the art of hunger compare metaphorically?

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