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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what day of the fast are the photographs taken?
(a) The first.
(b) The fortieth.
(c) The fifteenth.
(d) The seventh.

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

3. What is one reason the hunger artist cannot adopt another profession?
(a) He is unskilled.
(b) He is too poor.
(c) He is too old.
(d) He can't read.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the audiences do once the artist collapses into the straw with a groan?

2. How does the impresario punish the artist's rages?

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

4. "At first he could hardly wait for the _____; it was exhilarating to watch the crowds come streaming his way."

5. Why does the impresario suggest the artist's behavior is to be excused?

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