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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. What does the impresario secretly do to the hunger artist as he lifts him?
(a) Kick him.
(b) Stab him.
(c) Shakes him.
(d) Bite him.

2. What do most of the watchers think the artist is looking for?
(a) Money.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Martyrdom.
(d) Publicity.

3. The artist's inner what is always rankled?
(a) Desperation.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Rage.
(d) Dissatisfaction.

4. What is the cushioning on the hunger artist's stage?
(a) Pillows.
(b) Straw.
(c) Mats.
(d) Feathers.

5. What does the hunger artist make no secret of, yet others don't believe him?
(a) That fasting is easy.
(b) That he isn't hungry.
(c) That fasting is difficult.
(d) That he is starving.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has the artist never yet left his cage at the end of a fast?

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

3. How does the artist feel about the bright light used by some watchers?

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

5. The interest of the public is stimulated by a steadily increasing pressure of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the audience's lack of understanding affect the artist?

3. What is the grand finale of the spectacle at the end of the fast?

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

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

6. What changes in terms of the artist's limitations in Part 2?

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

8. What does the artist think of the impresario's claims that the artist's melancholy is a result of the fasts?

9. 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?

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

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