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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the hunger artist perform?
(a) A barred cage.
(b) A wagon.
(c) A stage.
(d) A glass cage.

2. What cannot hold out against the fact that the crowds are on their way only to the menagerie?
(a) Manic necessity.
(b) Obstinate self-deception.
(c) Innate unknowing.
(d) Desperate facade.

3. When the weight of the protagonist lands on one of the ladies, she finds "this post of honor was not at all _______."
(a) A post of honor.
(b) A delight.
(c) A saintly gesture.
(d) What she expected it to be.

4. How does the artist feel about the bright light used by some watchers?
(a) It makes him miserable.
(b) It makes him angry.
(c) It makes him defenseless.
(d) It doesn't trouble him.

5. Under what circumstances does the circus make use of the hunger artist?
(a) He behaves.
(b) He doesn't ask much.
(c) He is not paid.
(d) He feeds the animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the impresario claim to praise of the artist to the public?

2. What always unnerves the artist and proves too much for him?

3. What incomprehensible boast of the artist's does the impresario mention to the public?

4. What does the impresario secretly do to the hunger artist as he lifts him?

5. Who is bound to be the sole, completely satisfied spectator of the artist's fast?

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