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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the hunger artist avoid reading the contract?
(a) To spare his own feelings.
(b) Because he had no manager.
(c) To save himself money.
(d) Because he couldn't read.

2. What is the cushioning on the hunger artist's stage?
(a) Straw.
(b) Mats.
(c) Pillows.
(d) Feathers.

3. What is the hunger artist stationed next to at the circus?
(a) The trampoline.
(b) The tightropes.
(c) The freak show.
(d) The animal cages.

4. What does the passerby make merry and speak of?
(a) Swindling.
(b) Starving.
(c) Food.
(d) Animals.

5. From what aspect of the menagerie does the artist suffer?
(a) The stench.
(b) The food.
(c) The crying children.
(d) The animal hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the results of the fast announced?

2. Who selects the permanent watchers?

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

4. What have the children not been prepared for when seeing the artist?

5. Who supposedly orders the toast?

(see the answer key)

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