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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where could the hunger artist barely show himself?
(a) Village fairs.
(b) The circus.
(c) Taverns.
(d) School shows.

2. Where are the passersby going when passing the artist's cage at the circus?
(a) The main ring.
(b) The circus tent.
(c) The menagerie.
(d) The panther cage.

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

4. What incomprehensible boast of the artist's does the impresario mention to the public?
(a) That he is hungry.
(b) That he wants a wife.
(c) That he could fast longer.
(d) That he wants freedom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What will surely come into fashion at a later date?

2. According to the narrator, it is not only the artist that is taken on but what as well?

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

4. When the great rush is past, who comes along the cage at the circus?

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

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