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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who lends the watchers the bright light to focus on the artist?
(a) The impresario.
(b) The kaiser.
(c) The musician.
(d) The artist.

3. What is the rare stroke of luck the artist encounters at the circus?
(a) A father stops with his children.
(b) An animal is freed.
(c) He is fed.
(d) A poor soul drops him bread.

4. "What were they (the children) to care about ______?"
(a) Fasting.
(b) Clowns.
(c) Eating.
(d) Animals.

5. What grows dirty and illegible at the circus cage?
(a) The artist.
(b) The animal handlers.
(c) The Impresario.
(d) The fine placards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would the hunger artist do to prove he wasn't eating?

2. What does the hunger artist make no secret of, yet others don't believe him?

3. "People grew ______ with the strange idea that they could be expected, in times like these, to take an interest in the hunger artist."

4. "The pampered hunger artist suddenly found himself deserted one day by the _____________."

5. What do most of the watchers think the artist is looking for?

(see the answer key)

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