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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. Who are the permanent watchers, usually?

2. When would people buy season tickets for the artist's performance?

3. What sticks out prominently on the artist?

4. What is the only item of furniture in the cage?

5. What does the hunger artist alone know?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the artist do when given the hands of those helping him out of the cage?

2. What is described as the antithesis of the artist?

3. Where is the artist's cage placed in the circus? What is the description of it?

4. What does the artist experience of the audience at the circus?

5. What do the handlers of the artist inevitably do when helping him from the cage?

6. What is the major contrast between the circus and the artist's previous days working solo?

7. What is one way to view the artist's suffering negatively?

8. How does the impresario wrap up his sympathy routines in Part 2?

9. What does the author imply in his description of the audience's reaction to the panther?

10. What spectacle is there when the fast is over?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the character of the artist. Why does he pursue his line of art? What is his satisfaction in it?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's use of symbolism and motif? How do these techniques tie into the style of the author? How do they reflect various themes?

Essay Topic 3

Define the term "allegory" and discuss how this genre applies to "A Hunger Artist."

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