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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will surely come into fashion at a later date?
(a) Hunger strikes.
(b) Bear-baiting.
(c) Fasting.
(d) Trapeze artists.

2. To what is a toast drunk after the artist is released?
(a) The women.
(b) The public.
(c) The impresario.
(d) The artist.

3. Where does the impresario hurry the artist to discover where interest might lay?
(a) To America.
(b) To Africa.
(c) All over Europe.
(d) To Asia.

4. "At first he could hardly wait for the _____; it was exhilarating to watch the crowds come streaming his way."
(a) Intervals.
(b) Stampede.
(c) Storm.
(d) Rush hour.

5. Who supposedly orders the toast?
(a) The priest.
(b) The impresario.
(c) The kaiser.
(d) The artist.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Time and time again in good faith the artist stands by the bars doing what?

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

4. What incomprehensible boast of the artist's does the impresario mention to the public?

5. Contrary to people's regard, the hunger artist states that he could do what if given the opportunity at the circus?

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