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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Of the two factions who fight around the artist's cage, which does he grow to dislike more?
(a) The ones who want past.
(b) The ones who fight for the better view.
(c) The ones who want to feed him.
(d) The ones who want to stop and stare.

3. The passing father might tell his children of "earlier years when he had watched similar but ___________ performances."
(a) More excruciating.
(b) Sadder.
(c) More barbaric.
(d) Much more thrilling.

4. Everywhere, "as if by secret agreement, a positive ______ from professional fasting was in evidence."
(a) Interest.
(b) Revulsion.
(c) Distaste.
(d) Propulsion.

5. What sight of the crowds remain the best to the artist at the circus?
(a) The first sight in the distance.
(b) The sight of their tears.
(c) The sight of them peering close.
(d) The sight as they left.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one reason the hunger artist cannot adopt another profession?

2. What surrounds the artist's cage at the circus?

3. Who can hardly understand the artist's temperament, according to the impresario?

4. What do the stragglers do when passing the artist's cage in the circus?

5. Where, in regard to the ring, is the artist stationed?

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