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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The hunger artist tells the overseer, "I always wanted you to _____ my fasting."
(a) Sympathize.
(b) Encourage.
(c) Admire.
(d) Celebrate.

2. "There were people who argued that this breakfast was an unfair attempt" to do what?
(a) Prove his humility.
(b) Poison the watchers.
(c) Humiliate the watchers.
(d) Bribe the watchers.

3. What would the children do "for greater security" while watching the artist?
(a) Run away.
(b) Hold each others' hands.
(c) Hide their eyes.
(d) Hide behind their mothers.

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

5. "A large _____ with its enormous traffic in replacing and recruiting men, animals and apparatus can always find use for people at any time."
(a) Circus.
(b) Fair.
(c) Museum.
(d) Vaudeville show.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the creature who replaces the artist feel about its freedom?

2. What does the artist do, causing general alarm, in his rages?

3. How does the artist feel about the bright light used by some watchers?

4. When does the lack of interest of the public seem to take hold?

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

(see the answer key)

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