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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. When the hordes came pouring out to see the _____, they can hardly avoid passing the artist's cage.

3. To whom does the hunger artist hire himself out?

4. Those who want to stare at the artist at the circus do so not out of interest, but out of what?

5. According to the narrator, it is not only the artist that is taken on but what as well?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Absurdist qualities of "A Hunger Artist." How is this story a forerunner of the Absurdist movement?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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