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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. What sticks out prominently on the artist?

2. What does the artist drink every now and again?

3. With what does the artist answer questions?

4. The interest of the public is stimulated by a steadily increasing pressure of what?

5. What would the hunger artist do to prove he wasn't eating?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is paralleled to the hunger artist and why?

2. How do writing and the art of hunger compare metaphorically?

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

4. Who discovers the artist in his cage in the end of the story? What does the hunger artist say?

5. What is the artist's point of view regarding the impresario's excuses? What is his view of the audience reaction?

6. What are the reactions of those who do stop at the circus?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss "A Hunger Artist "in terms of existentialist philosophy. What about the story conveys these concepts and ideas?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of the suffering artist in the modern world. How does the author present this theme? What does his story mean to you in regard to this theme?

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