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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the hunger artist stationed next to at the circus?
(a) The trampoline.
(b) The animal cages.
(c) The tightropes.
(d) The freak show.

2. 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.

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

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

5. Those who want to stare at the artist at the circus do so not out of interest, but out of what?
(a) Leering loathing.
(b) Obstinate self-assertiveness.
(c) Seething self-righteousness.
(d) Stubborn desire.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the impresario punish the artist's rages?

2. To fight against this lack of understanding to the audience and others is what?

3. By how many has the hunger artist been applauded in his time?

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

5. What does the impresario bring out to show the audience?

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