"A Hunger Artist"

At the beginning of the story, the hunger artists were described as:

• Honorable
• Desperate 
• Incorrigable
• Immoral

What was the longest term of public fasting allowed initially?

• 4 weeks
• 40 days
• 30 days
• 8 weeks

What is the best definition of "impresario", as used frequently in the beginning the story?

• impressive person
• athelete
• audience
• manager

What led to the public's disinterest in the hunger artist?

• His pomposity
• His overtly negative attitude
• The danger and disgust inherent in such an act
• Boredom

How did the hunger artist view himself as an employee of the circus?

• As indispensable 
• As an impediment
• As an intruder
• At the top of his game

What was the hunger artist's final statement before dying about?

• How he always hated fasting
• How he only wanted to break his record
• How he only fasted because he never found any food that he liked
• That his entire profession is a shame

What replaced the hunger artist in his cage after he died?

• Another hunger artist
• A lion
• A panther
• Nothing - they buried him in the cage