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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the artist stubbornly refuse to do at the last moment of his fast?
(a) Stand up.
(b) Sing.
(c) Cry.
(d) Eat.

3. How many doctors enter the cage to measure the results of the fast?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

4. On fine days, where is the cage set?
(a) By the butterfly cages.
(b) On a roof.
(c) In the garden.
(d) Outside.

5. The narrator writes that "during these last _____ an interest in professional fasting has diminished."
(a) Centuries.
(b) Months.
(c) Years.
(d) Decades.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the hunger artist wear?

2. According to the narrator, how did it used to pay very well to stage such performances?

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

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

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

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