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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the permanent watchers are there at a given time?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

2. The interest of the public is stimulated by a steadily increasing pressure of what?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Advertisement.
(d) Curiosity.

3. The permanent watchers are a formality to reassure whom?
(a) The children.
(b) The masses.
(c) The impresario.
(d) The artist.

4. What lights the stage of the artist at night?
(a) A spotlight.
(b) Candles.
(c) Torch flares.
(d) Lamps.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the limit set on the artist's fasts?

2. With what does the artist answer questions?

3. How are the results of the fast announced?

4. What is a necessary accompaniment to the profession of fasting?

5. What is the point of view of "A Hunger Artist"?

(see the answer key)

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