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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When would people buy season tickets for the artist's performance?
2. When the watchers are invited to take on a night's vigil without a breakfast, what do they do?
3. What would the lax watchers do in a huddled corner?
4. The narrator writes that "during these last _____ an interest in professional fasting has diminished."
5. How does the artist feel about the bright light used by some watchers?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the artist an exhibitionist versus an inhibitionist?
2. What is the artist's point of view regarding the impresario's excuses? What is his view of the audience reaction?
3. How is the artist's situation "absurd" in "A Hunger Artist"?
4. How do writing and the art of hunger compare metaphorically?
5. How does the artist respond when the attendant tells him they have admired his fasting? What happens after he dies?
6. What does the author imply in his description of the audience's reaction to the panther?
7. What does the artist do when sympathetic souls suggest his fast causes his melancholy? How does the impresario deal with him then?
8. What elements of symbolism are used in Part 2?
9. How does the impresario wrap up his sympathy routines in Part 2?
10. How does the artist feel about the breakfast served to the spectators? What is suspected about this by others?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of alienation in the story. Who embodies this quality? How does the author use symbolism to convey this theme?
Essay Topic 2
What is the tense and voice of "A Hunger Artist"? Define these terms in your answer. Describe whose point of view the story follows and why.
Essay Topic 3
What other figures in history have had famous fasts? Why? How does the hunger artist's fast compare to these?
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