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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the point of view of "A Hunger Artist"?
(a) Third person.
(b) Fourth person.
(c) Second person.
(d) First person.

2. Who is bound to be the sole, completely satisfied spectator of the artist's fast?
(a) The musician.
(b) The impresario.
(c) The child.
(d) The artist.

3. According to the narrator, it is not only the artist that is taken on but what as well?
(a) His impresario.
(b) His strength.
(c) His famous name.
(d) His martyrdom.

4. What cannot hold out against the fact that the crowds are on their way only to the menagerie?
(a) Obstinate self-deception.
(b) Desperate facade.
(c) Innate unknowing.
(d) Manic necessity.

5. What does the artist do when the photographs are produced?
(a) Accuse the impresario of lying.
(b) Sink into the straw.
(c) Shake the bars.
(d) Weep loudly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who selects the permanent watchers?

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

3. "A large _____ with its enormous traffic in replacing and recruiting men, animals and apparatus can always find use for people at any time."

4. How many of the permanent watchers are there at a given time?

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

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