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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is the limit of the artist's fast set to be?
(a) Forty days.
(b) Four weeks.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Four months.

2. How has the artist never yet left his cage at the end of a fast?
(a) On his feet.
(b) Of his free will.
(c) Sadly.
(d) Joyfully.

3. The narrator writes that "during these last _____ an interest in professional fasting has diminished."
(a) Months.
(b) Years.
(c) Centuries.
(d) Decades.

4. Who appears, blissful at having been selected for the honor, to help the artist down?
(a) Three children.
(b) Two men.
(c) Two women.
(d) One mother.

5. The artist's inner what is always rankled?
(a) Rage.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Desperation.
(d) Dissatisfaction.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does the artist answer questions?

2. What is the artist's manager called?

3. Who could produce first-hand evidence that the fast has really been rigorous and continuous?

4. What type of band plays the last day of the fast?

5. What does the artist hold outside the bars from time to time?

(see the answer key)

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