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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "The pampered hunger artist suddenly found himself deserted one day by the _____________."
(a) Butchers.
(b) Impresario.
(c) Amusement seekers.
(d) Musicians.

2. Where, in regard to the ring, is the artist stationed?
(a) Outside.
(b) Behind.
(c) In the middle.
(d) Front and center.

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

4. What does the artist, who has longed for these audience viewings at the circus, come to do?
(a) Shrink from them.
(b) Want them more and more.
(c) Ask to be freed.
(d) Ask for money.

5. Why does the hunger artist avoid reading the contract?
(a) To save himself money.
(b) To spare his own feelings.
(c) Because he couldn't read.
(d) Because he had no manager.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the lack of interest of the public seem to take hold?

2. To whom does the hunger artist hire himself out?

3. Everywhere, "as if by secret agreement, a positive ______ from professional fasting was in evidence."

4. What cannot hold out against the fact that the crowds are on their way only to the menagerie?

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

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