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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the artist tell stories of with his watchers?
(a) His hunger.
(b) His joy.
(c) His craft.
(d) His nomadic life.

2. Who is bound to be the sole, completely satisfied spectator of the artist's fast?
(a) The impresario.
(b) The artist.
(c) The child.
(d) The musician.

3. What does the artist hold outside the bars from time to time?
(a) A stick.
(b) His head.
(c) His arm.
(d) His legs.

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

5. What does the hunger artist wear?
(a) A loin cloth.
(b) A turtleneck.
(c) Black tights.
(d) A cloth rag.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who lends the watchers the bright light to focus on the artist?

3. For whom is the hunger artist often just a joke that happens to be in fashion?

4. What does the hunger artist alone know?

5. Those who are not content with the dim night lighting of the hall focused the artist in the full glare of what?

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