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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the prime days of the hunger artist, how often did people want to see him?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Once a day.
(c) Once a month.
(d) Once every hour.

2. What does the artist do when someone would suggest his melancholy is probably caused by his fasting?
(a) Weep endlessly.
(b) Break into an outburst of fury.
(c) Laugh at them.
(d) Call to the heavens.

3. Who could produce first-hand evidence that the fast has really been rigorous and continuous?
(a) The musicians.
(b) The watchers.
(c) The artist.
(d) The impresario.

4. The hunger artist is never what?
(a) Grateful.
(b) Full.
(c) Unhappy.
(d) Satisfied.

5. Where, in regard to the ring, is the artist stationed?
(a) Outside.
(b) Front and center.
(c) Behind.
(d) In the middle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Those who want to stare at the artist at the circus do so not out of interest, but out of what?

2. People might have stayed longer at the artist's cage at the circus but for what?

3. To what is a toast drunk after the artist is released?

4. The permanent watchers are a formality to reassure whom?

5. When would people buy season tickets for the artist's performance?

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