A Hunger Artist Quizzes

A Hunger Artist Quiz 1

1 Who manages the hunger artist?
The impresario

The escorts

The audience

The overseer
2 What happens to one of the escorts when she helps the hunger artist out of his cage?
She runs away

She cries

She screams

She laughs
3 For how long is the hunger artist allowed to fast?
One day

360 days

Forty days

One month
4 Who usually watches the hunger artist overnight?
Scientists

Butchers

Doctors

Lawyers
5 Who buys breakfast for the watchers?
The butchers

The audience

The impresario

The hunger artist
6 What does the hunger artist use for a bed in his cage?
Food

Straw

An old mattress

A pool
7 How often does the hunger artist sleep?
Almost all the time

Often

Rarely

Sometimes
8 Where does the hunger artist go on tour?
Europe

Africa

The U.S.

Asia
9 What object does the hunger artist ignore in his cage?
A clock

A picture of his wife

A toilet

A pen
10 What does the hunger artist sometimes do to prove he is not sneaking food?
He cries

He sings

He empties his pockets

He runs around
11 When people tell the hunger artist his melancholy is caused by fasting, how does he react?
He agrees

He shakes the bars of his cage

He lies down

He politely argues
12 How does the impresario convince the audience that the hunger artist is exhausted?
He reads to them from the hunger artist's diary

He shows photographs to the audience

He puts the hunger artist through a series of tests

He makes the hunger artist say it himself
13 To what does the hunger artist hire himself out after his tour?
The museum

The park

The police station

The circus
14 Who tends to him there?
The magistrate

The sheriff

The impresario

The overseer
15 Have the hunger artist's skills faded by the time he works at this new place?
Slightly

Completely

Mostly

Not at all
16 Why do people watch the hunger artist at the circus?
Because fasting is popular again

Because he is world-famous

Because there is nothing better to do

Because he is near the animals
17 Whom does the hunger artist end up loathing most at the circus?
The overseer

The zoo-goers

The animals

The people who watch him in defiance of the zoo-goers
18 At what time of the day do the animals depress the hunger artist?
Feeding time

Sleeping time

Observing time

Exercising time
19 What animal replaces the hunger artist in his cage after he dies?
A jackal

A sloth

A lion

A panther
20 Whom does the hunger artist believe is "cheating him of his reward"?
The panther

The impresario

Himself

The world
21 Why does the hunger artist not know if he is breaking records at the circus?
He has forgotten the concept of time

He does not care about records anymore

He does not know what the record is

The notice board by his cage is not being updated
22 What does the hunger artist ask for from everybody as he dies?
Silence

Food

Forgiveness

Mercy
23 Why does the hunger artist say people should not admire his fasting?
Because he never found food he liked

Because it is a serious medical condition

Because he hates everyone

Because he cheated
24 What facial gesture does the hunger artist make with his final words?
He purses his lips

He frowns

He winks

He raises his eyebrows
25 What does the impresario do when he helps the hunger artist from his cage?
He cleans him

He spits on him

He punches him

He shakes him

The panther replaces the hunger artist in his cage after he dies.

Asked by milenyp a #467894

Answered by jill d #170087 on 12/1/2023 4:46 PM

Considering the Hunger Artist's intention was to have his audience join in his suffering, the audience's response was definitely not what he craved. Rather that share in his suffering, the audience was entertained.

Asked by ij o #449238

Answered by jill d #170087 on 11/27/2023 4:34 PM

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What is the principal motivation for hunger artist?

Asked by taylor b #699469

Answered by M. I #1217527 on 3/1/2022 5:22 AM

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