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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the first words of dialogue the artist speaks in the short story?
(a) "Forgive me, everybody."
(b) "Please feed me."
(c) "Please let me out."
(d) "Please let me die."

2. The onlookers at the beast's cage at the end of the story brace themselves and what?
(a) Cry.
(b) Do not ever want to move away.
(c) Do not cry anymore.
(d) Scream.

3. "There were people who argued that this breakfast was an unfair attempt" to do what?
(a) Prove his humility.
(b) Bribe the watchers.
(c) Humiliate the watchers.
(d) Poison the watchers.

4. Everywhere, "as if by secret agreement, a positive ______ from professional fasting was in evidence."
(a) Revulsion.
(b) Distaste.
(c) Interest.
(d) Propulsion.

5. What does the overseer say once the artist has died?
(a) "Farewell, my friend."
(b) "He will be remembered."
(c) "Well, clear this out now!"
(d) "He died in glory."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the artist stubbornly refuse to do at the last moment of his fast?

2. It is not easy for onlookers "to stand in the ____ of it" regarding the beast at the end of the story.

3. What does the hunger artist always feel he is being cheated from doing?

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

5. What faction fights against those who want to look at the artist at the circus?

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