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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What have the children not been prepared for when seeing the artist?
(a) This lesson.
(b) This fear.
(c) This sight.
(d) This horror.

2. What does no one, not even the artist know, after some time at the circus?
(a) The hunger he feels.
(b) The rage inside him.
(c) The records he is breaking.
(d) The struggle to live.

3. How is the artist found in his cage at the circus?
(a) The impresario finds him.
(b) He calls for help.
(c) The attendants call his name.
(d) The attendants poke the straw with a stick.

4. What do they bury with the hunger artist?
(a) His necklace.
(b) The impresario.
(c) His clock.
(d) The straw.

5. What genre of literature is "A Hunger Artist" considered to be?
(a) Epic.
(b) Science fiction.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Parable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the artist feel the world is cheating him of for his achievement?

2. With the people's expectation of the artist, the verdict goes in what way for the artist?

3. What does the overseer first ask the artist once he is found in the cage?

4. How are the results of the fast announced?

5. On fine days, where is the cage set?

(see the answer key)

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