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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "What was a _______ of the premature ending of his fast was here presented as the cause of it!"
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Consequence.
(c) Result.
(d) Gallantry.

2. To fight against this lack of understanding to the audience and others is what?
(a) Impossible.
(b) Enraging.
(c) Insatiable.
(d) Engaging.

3. How long does the artist carry on in this way, with small intervals of recuperation?
(a) Three years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Many years.
(d) One year.

4. "Those, whom nothing could have prevented from stopping to look at him ________, raced past with long strides."
(a) As long as they had breath.
(b) For their children's sake.
(c) If they so wanted.
(d) For the artist's sake.

5. Who would burst into tears at the release of the artist?
(a) The woman holding him up.
(b) The artist.
(c) The impresario.
(d) The entire audience.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where could the hunger artist barely show himself?

2. When the hordes came pouring out to see the _____, they can hardly avoid passing the artist's cage.

3. What sight of the crowds remain the best to the artist at the circus?

4. What always unnerves the artist and proves too much for him?

5. What literary device is used in this sentence: "He was at once deafened by the storm of shouting."

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