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A Hunger Artist
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A Hunger Artist
by:
Franz Kafka
Summary
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Analysis
Religious Imagery
Professional Fasting in Kafka’s Time
Kafka’s Parable
Characters
Character List
The Hunger Artist
The Impresario
Main Ideas
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Quotes
Important Quotations Explained
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1
of 5
How long is the hunger artist usually allowed to fast before the impresario stops him?
Forty days
Nine weeks
Six months
One year
2
of 5
Who are especially drawn to watching and talking with the hunger artist?
Women
The poor
Children
The elderly
3
of 5
What kind of men do the townspeople usually select to ensure that the hunger artist is not eating during the night?
Miners
Butchers
Dock workers
Farmhands
4
of 5
What does the hunger artist do when he and the impresario dissolve their partnership?
Joins the circus
Retires to a cottage
Writes a book
Starts eating well
5
of 5
In his final deathbed confession, the hunger artist says that he only fasted because he could never ___.
See God otherwise
Get enough attention
Find food he liked
Learn another skill
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