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Franz Kafka, A Hunger Artist

Franz Kafka, A Hunger Artist

Read A Hunger Artist and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. In the past, how has the public responded to the hunger artist?

People have been fascinated.

People have verbally abused him.

People have been indifferent.

People have turned away in disgust.

2. Who is the “sole, completely satisfied spectator of [the hunger artist’s] fast”?

butchers

ladies

children

the hunger artist himself

3. What does the hunger artist do when the public loses interest in his fasting?

He goes on to lead a normal life in the world of business.

He vanishes.

He joins the circus.

He screams in anger.

4. What does the hunger artist reveal about himself shortly before his death?

that he fasted to save souls

that he fasted for peace

that he had been sneaking food all along

that he never found the food he liked

5. What is put in the hunger artist’s cage after his death?

nothing

another hunger artist

a panther

a madman