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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a passing father occasionally stop and point out to his children?
(a) What happens if they don't eat.
(b) Why he is in a cage.
(c) Who the poor man is.
(d) What the phenomenon means.

2. People might have stayed longer at the artist's cage at the circus but for what?
(a) The screaming of the children.
(b) The money necessary.
(c) The crowds on the gangway.
(d) The lack of a manager.

3. By how many has the hunger artist been applauded in his time?
(a) Thousands.
(b) Gazillions.
(c) Millions.
(d) Hundreds.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the artist's performance affected by his advancing age?

2. Where are the passersby going when passing the artist's cage at the circus?

3. "The pampered hunger artist suddenly found himself deserted one day by the _____________."

4. Who supposedly orders the toast?

5. "A large _____ with its enormous traffic in replacing and recruiting men, animals and apparatus can always find use for people at any time."

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