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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the artist feel about the roaring at feeding times?
(a) It enrages him.
(b) It hungers him.
(c) It depresses him.
(d) It overjoys him.

2. What does the artist do, causing general alarm, in his rages?
(a) Beat himself with a stick.
(b) Shake the bars like a wild animal.
(c) Cry hysterically.
(d) Scream a piercing scream.

3. What literary device is used in this sentence: "He was at once deafened by the storm of shouting."
(a) Irony.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Foreshadowing.

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

5. Who pays for the breakfast brought to the watchers?
(a) The mayor.
(b) The artist.
(c) The impresario.
(d) The musicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who would burst into tears at the release of the artist?

2. What does the passerby make merry and speak of?

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

4. To fight against this lack of understanding to the audience and others is what?

5. The onlookers at the beast's cage at the end of the story brace themselves and what?

(see the answer key)

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