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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. Why is the limit set on the artist's fasts?

2. How long is the limit of the artist's fast set to be?

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

4. The artist's inner what is always rankled?

5. What does the impresario secretly do to the hunger artist as he lifts him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What might the hunger artist's explanation refer to regarding the author?

2. What could be said in terms of the artist as a martyr? What differing definitions are there of this term and how do they apply?

3. What happens once the impresario has shaken the weakened artist following the fast?

4. What does the artist recollect about the old days in contrast to now?

5. What is the narrator's exposition regarding the artist in Part 2?

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

7. What happens at the circus regarding the record of days the artist has spent fasting?

8. How does the artist feel about the breakfast served to the spectators? What is suspected about this by others?

9. What spectators does the artist prefer? What do these spectators do?

10. Who are the "permanent watchers" and what do they do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the autobiographical elements of "A Hunger Artist." What similarities are there between the artist and the author? What differences?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of alienation in the story. Who embodies this quality? How does the author use symbolism to convey this theme?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the plot structure of "A Hunger Artist." How well does this story fit into the mold of a traditional plot?

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