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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the artist's troubled spirit all the more troubled?

2. Who takes leave of the impresario?

3. What does the impresario bring out to show the audience?

4. What does a passing father occasionally stop and point out to his children?

5. Where does the impresario hurry the artist to discover where interest might lay?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of the impresario. What is his appearance? What are this character's actions and objectives in the story?

Essay Topic 2

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

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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