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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lights the stage of the artist at night?
(a) Candles.
(b) Lamps.
(c) Torch flares.
(d) A spotlight.

2. What type of band plays the last day of the fast?
(a) A string quartet.
(b) A local orchestra.
(c) A military band.
(d) A gypsy band.

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

4. 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) Seething self-righteousness.
(c) Obstinate self-assertiveness.
(d) Stubborn desire.

5. How does the impresario punish the artist's rages?
(a) Apologize publically.
(b) Feed the artist.
(c) Scream at the artist.
(d) Beat the artist.

Short Answer Questions

1. "At first he could hardly wait for the _____; it was exhilarating to watch the crowds come streaming his way."

2. How has the artist never yet left his cage at the end of a fast?

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

4. Who could watch the hunger artist continuously, day and night?

5. The artist's inner what is always rankled?

(see the answer key)

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