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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do they bury with the hunger artist?
(a) The straw.
(b) His clock.
(c) His necklace.
(d) The impresario.

2. The artist might fast _____ at the circus, and does so.
(a) For a month.
(b) For forty days.
(c) As long as he could.
(d) For a week.

3. "The pampered hunger artist suddenly found himself deserted one day by the _____________."
(a) Butchers.
(b) Amusement seekers.
(c) Impresario.
(d) Musicians.

4. Where does freedom seem to lurk in the animal in the cage?
(a) Its claws.
(b) Its fur.
(c) Its jaws.
(d) Its tail.

5. "People grew ______ with the strange idea that they could be expected, in times like these, to take an interest in the hunger artist."
(a) Restless.
(b) Familiar.
(c) Exhausted.
(d) Exasperated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would the children do "for greater security" while watching the artist?

2. What does the animal in the cage at the end of the story seem to carry around with it?

3. Which watchers are more to the taste of the hunger artist?

4. What does the impresario secretly do to the hunger artist as he lifts him?

5. How does the artist feel about the roaring at feeding times?

(see the answer key)

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