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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the impresario secretly do to the hunger artist as he lifts him?
(a) Shakes him.
(b) Kick him.
(c) Bite him.
(d) Stab him.

2. Why is the limit set on the artist's fasts?
(a) The artist refuses to keep going.
(b) The audience loses interest after that time.
(c) The artist would collapse.
(d) The artist would die.

3. Who pays for the breakfast brought to the watchers?
(a) The mayor.
(b) The impresario.
(c) The artist.
(d) The musicians.

4. The permanent watchers are a formality to reassure whom?
(a) The impresario.
(b) The children.
(c) The artist.
(d) The masses.

5. What does the hunger artist make no secret of, yet others don't believe him?
(a) That fasting is easy.
(b) That fasting is difficult.
(c) That he isn't hungry.
(d) That he is starving.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are the permanent watchers, usually?

3. For whom is seeing the hunger artist a special treat?

4. Those who are not content with the dim night lighting of the hall focused the artist in the full glare of what?

5. What is the artist's cage bedecked with at the end of his fast?

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