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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who supposedly orders the toast?
(a) The kaiser.
(b) The artist.
(c) The priest.
(d) The impresario.

2. When would people buy season tickets for the artist's performance?
(a) The last month of the fast.
(b) The entire fast.
(c) The last few days of the fast.
(d) The first days of the fast.

3. How many of the permanent watchers are there at a given time?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

4. From what day of the fast are the photographs taken?
(a) The fifteenth.
(b) The first.
(c) The seventh.
(d) The fortieth.

5. Those who want to stare at the artist at the circus do so not out of interest, but out of what?
(a) Leering loathing.
(b) Obstinate self-assertiveness.
(c) Stubborn desire.
(d) Seething self-righteousness.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the artist not dare to do with the circus management?

5. The passing father might tell his children of "earlier years when he had watched similar but ___________ performances."

(see the answer key)

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